#DD9736#DD9736

#DD9736 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.137 H 70.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9736
RGB	rgb(221, 151, 54)
HSL	hsl(35, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(35, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 75.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, 18.04, 58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 61.50, 72.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% 0.045 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.137 70.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5544, 37.7754, 8.5922)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9736 #367CDD

analogous

#DD4436 #DD9736 #D0DD36

triadic

#DD9736 #36DD97 #9736DD

tetradic

#DD9736 #36DD44 #367CDD #DD36D0

square

#DD9736 #36DD44 #367CDD #DD36D0

split-complementary

#DD9736 #36D0DD #4436DD

monochromatic

#835516 #B7771F #DD9736 #E6B26A #EFCD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#DD9736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#DD9736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9736

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9736	1.00	2.45	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 151, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.137 70.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb573',
    500: '#dd9736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9736;
$custom-light: #edb573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.85,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72951,
    "c": 0.13686,
    "h": 70.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9736

secondary

#94B2DB

accent

#85EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9736

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

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