#DD9638#DD9638

#DD9638 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.136 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9638
RGB	rgb(221, 150, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(34, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.1%, 74.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, 18.66, 57.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 60.69, 72.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% 0.0471 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.136 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4421, 37.4741, 8.7912)
Luminance	0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9638 #387FDD

analogous

#DD4438 #DD9638 #D1DD38

triadic

#DD9638 #38DD96 #9638DD

tetradic

#DD9638 #38DD44 #387FDD #DD38D1

square

#DD9638 #38DD44 #387FDD #DD38D1

split-complementary

#DD9638 #38D1DD #4438DD

monochromatic

#845517 #B8771F #DD9638 #E6B26C #EFCDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#DD9638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#DD9638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9638

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9638	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 150, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.136 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb474',
    500: '#dd9638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9638;
$custom-light: #edb474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.182,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72781,
    "c": 0.13587,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9638

secondary

#95B4DB

accent

#87EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9638

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

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