#DD9542#DD9542

#DD9542 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.130 H 66.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9542
RGB	rgb(221, 149, 66)
HSL	hsl(32, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(32, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, 19.68, 53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 56.74, 69.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% 0.0515 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.13 66.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5526, 37.2641, 10.1575)
Luminance	0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9542 #428ADD

analogous

#DD4842 #DD9542 #D8DD42

triadic

#DD9542 #42DD95 #9542DD

tetradic

#DD9542 #42DD48 #428ADD #DD42D8

square

#DD9542 #42DD48 #428ADD #DD42D8

split-complementary

#DD9542 #42D8DD #4842DD

monochromatic

#8C5619 #BF7622 #DD9542 #E6B276 #F0CFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#DD9542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#DD9542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9542

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9542	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	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)

#AD9A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08483

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 149, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.130 66.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb47a',
    500: '#dd9542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9542;
$custom-light: #edb47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.129,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72685,
    "c": 0.13035,
    "h": 66.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9542

secondary

#9DBBDD

accent

#8EEC3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9542

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

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