#DD9541#DD9541

#DD9541 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.131 H 67.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9541
RGB	rgb(221, 149, 65)
HSL	hsl(32, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(32, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 70.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, 19.62, 53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 57.14, 69.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% 0.0512 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.131 67)
XYZ	xyz(41.5234, 37.2524, 10.0036)
Luminance	0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9541 #4189DD

analogous

#DD4741 #DD9541 #D7DD41

triadic

#DD9541 #41DD95 #9541DD

tetradic

#DD9541 #41DD47 #4189DD #DD41D7

square

#DD9541 #41DD47 #4189DD #DD41D7

split-complementary

#DD9541 #41D7DD #4741DD

monochromatic

#8B5619 #BF7622 #DD9541 #E6B275 #F0CFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#DD9541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#DD9541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9541

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9541	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)

#AD9A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08483

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 149, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.131 67.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb47a',
    500: '#dd9541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9541;
$custom-light: #edb47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.308,
    "s": 69.643,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72676,
    "c": 0.13094,
    "h": 67
  },
  "luminance": 0.37249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9541

secondary

#9DBADD

accent

#8DEC3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9541

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

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