#DD9742#DD9742

#DD9742 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.130 H 68.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9742
RGB	rgb(221, 151, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(33, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.7%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, 18.60, 53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 56.85, 70.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% 0.0483 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.13 68.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8718, 37.9024, 10.2639)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9742 #4288DD

analogous

#DD4A42 #DD9742 #D6DD42

triadic

#DD9742 #42DD97 #9742DD

tetradic

#DD9742 #42DD4A #4288DD #DD42D6

square

#DD9742 #42DD4A #4288DD #DD42D6

split-complementary

#DD9742 #42D6DD #4A42DD

monochromatic

#8C5819 #BF7822 #DD9742 #E6B476 #F0D0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#DD9742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#DD9742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9742

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9742	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)

#AE9C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08685

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 151, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.130 68.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb57a',
    500: '#dd9742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9742;
$custom-light: #ecb57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.903,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73054,
    "c": 0.13012,
    "h": 68.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9742

secondary

#9DBADD

accent

#8BEC3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9742

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

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