#DD9740#DD9740

#DD9740 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.131 H 68.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9740
RGB	rgb(221, 151, 64)
HSL	hsl(33, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(33, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, 18.50, 54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 57.65, 71.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% 0.0477 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.131 68.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.8138, 37.8792, 9.9587)
Luminance	0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9740 #4086DD

analogous

#DD4840 #DD9740 #D5DD40

triadic

#DD9740 #40DD97 #9740DD

tetradic

#DD9740 #40DD48 #4086DD #DD40D5

square

#DD9740 #40DD48 #4086DD #DD40D5

split-complementary

#DD9740 #40D5DD #4840DD

monochromatic

#8A5719 #BE7822 #DD9740 #E6B374 #EFD0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#DD9740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#DD9740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9740

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9740	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08685

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 151, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.131 68.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb579',
    500: '#dd9740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9740;
$custom-light: #edb579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.248,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73035,
    "c": 0.13131,
    "h": 68.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9740

secondary

#9CB9DD

accent

#8AED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9740

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

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