#DD9539#DD9539

#DD9539 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.135 H 68.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9539
RGB	rgb(221, 149, 57)
HSL	hsl(34, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(34, 74%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 74.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, 19.25, 57.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 60.26, 71.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% 0.049 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.135 68.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3079, 37.1662, 8.8684)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9539 #3981DD

analogous

#DD4339 #DD9539 #D3DD39

triadic

#DD9539 #39DD95 #9539DD

tetradic

#DD9539 #39DD43 #3981DD #DD39D3

square

#DD9539 #39DD43 #3981DD #DD39D3

split-complementary

#DD9539 #39D3DD #4339DD

monochromatic

#855517 #B97620 #DD9539 #E6B16D #EFCDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#DD9539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#DD9539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9539

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9539	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 149, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.135 68.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb475',
    500: '#dd9539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9539;
$custom-light: #edb475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.659,
    "s": 70.69,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72605,
    "c": 0.13543,
    "h": 68.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9539

secondary

#96B5DC

accent

#89ED3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9539

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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