#DD9642#DD9642

#DD9642 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.130 H 67.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9642
RGB	rgb(221, 150, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(33, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.1%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, 19.14, 53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 56.79, 70.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% 0.0499 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.13 67.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.7115, 37.5819, 10.2104)
Luminance	0.3758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9642 #4289DD

analogous

#DD4942 #DD9642 #D7DD42

triadic

#DD9642 #42DD96 #9642DD

tetradic

#DD9642 #42DD49 #4289DD #DD42D7

square

#DD9642 #42DD49 #4289DD #DD42D7

split-complementary

#DD9642 #42D7DD #4942DD

monochromatic

#8C5719 #BF7722 #DD9642 #E6B376 #F0D0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#DD9642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#DD9642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9642

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9642	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08584

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 150, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.130 67.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb57a',
    500: '#dd9642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9642;
$custom-light: #edb57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.516,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72869,
    "c": 0.13023,
    "h": 67.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9642

secondary

#9DBBDD

accent

#8CEC3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9642

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

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