#DD9738#DD9738

#DD9738 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.136 H 70.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9738
RGB	rgb(221, 151, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(35, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 74.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, 18.13, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 60.75, 72.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% 0.0455 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.136 70.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.6023, 37.7946, 8.8447)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9738 #387EDD

analogous

#DD4538 #DD9738 #D1DD38

triadic

#DD9738 #38DD97 #9738DD

tetradic

#DD9738 #38DD45 #387EDD #DD38D1

square

#DD9738 #38DD45 #387EDD #DD38D1

split-complementary

#DD9738 #38D1DD #4538DD

monochromatic

#845617 #B8771F #DD9738 #E6B26C #EFCEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#DD9738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#DD9738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9738

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9738	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)

#AF9B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18684

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 151, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.136 70.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb574',
    500: '#dd9738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9738;
$custom-light: #edb574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.545,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72966,
    "c": 0.13581,
    "h": 70.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9738

secondary

#95B3DB

accent

#86EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9738

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

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