#DD9640#DD9640

#DD9640 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.131 H 68.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9640
RGB	rgb(221, 150, 64)
HSL	hsl(33, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(33, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.1%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, 19.04, 54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 57.59, 70.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% 0.0493 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.131 68)
XYZ	xyz(41.6536, 37.5587, 9.9053)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9640 #4087DD

analogous

#DD4740 #DD9640 #D6DD40

triadic

#DD9640 #40DD96 #9640DD

tetradic

#DD9640 #40DD47 #4087DD #DD40D6

square

#DD9640 #40DD47 #4087DD #DD40D6

split-complementary

#DD9640 #40D6DD #4740DD

monochromatic

#8A5719 #BE7722 #DD9640 #E6B374 #EFCFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#DD9640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#DD9640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9640

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9640	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08584

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 150, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.131 68.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb579',
    500: '#dd9640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9640;
$custom-light: #edb579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.866,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7285,
    "c": 0.1314,
    "h": 68
  },
  "luminance": 0.37555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9640

secondary

#9CB9DD

accent

#8BED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9640

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

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