#DD9737#DD9737

#DD9737 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.136 H 70.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9737
RGB	rgb(221, 151, 55)
HSL	hsl(35, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(35, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 75.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, 18.09, 58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 61.13, 72.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% 0.0453 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.136 70.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.5781, 37.7849, 8.7171)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9737 #377DDD

analogous

#DD4437 #DD9737 #D0DD37

triadic

#DD9737 #37DD97 #9737DD

tetradic

#DD9737 #37DD44 #377DDD #DD37D0

square

#DD9737 #37DD44 #377DDD #DD37D0

split-complementary

#DD9737 #37D0DD #4437DD

monochromatic

#835516 #B8771F #DD9737 #E6B26B #EFCDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#DD9737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#DD9737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9737

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9737	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18684

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 151, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.136 70.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb574',
    500: '#dd9737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9737;
$custom-light: #edb574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.699,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72959,
    "c": 0.13634,
    "h": 70.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9737

secondary

#95B2DB

accent

#86EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9737

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

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