#DD9540#DD9540

#DD9540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.132 H 67.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9540
RGB	rgb(221, 149, 64)
HSL	hsl(32, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(32, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, 19.57, 54.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 57.54, 70.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% 0.0509 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.132 67.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.4947, 37.2409, 9.8523)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9540 #4088DD

analogous

#DD4640 #DD9540 #D7DD40

triadic

#DD9540 #40DD95 #9540DD

tetradic

#DD9540 #40DD46 #4088DD #DD40D7

square

#DD9540 #40DD46 #4088DD #DD40D7

split-complementary

#DD9540 #40D7DD #4640DD

monochromatic

#8A5619 #BE7622 #DD9540 #E6B274 #EFCFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#DD9540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#DD9540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9540

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9540	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18483

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 149, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.132 67.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb479',
    500: '#dd9540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9540;
$custom-light: #edb479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.484,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72666,
    "c": 0.13153,
    "h": 67.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9540

secondary

#9CBADD

accent

#8DED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9540

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

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