#DD9833#DD9833

#DD9833 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.138 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9833
RGB	rgb(221, 152, 51)
HSL	hsl(36, 71%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 77%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 76.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, 17.39, 60.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 62.66, 73.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% 0.0427 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.138 72)
XYZ	xyz(41.6477, 38.0713, 8.2864)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9833 #3378DD

analogous

#DD4333 #DD9833 #CDDD33

triadic

#DD9833 #33DD98 #9833DD

tetradic

#DD9833 #33DD43 #3378DD #DD33CD

square

#DD9833 #33DD43 #3378DD #DD33CD

split-complementary

#DD9833 #33CDDD #4333DD

monochromatic

#805515 #B5781E #DD9833 #E6B267 #EECD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#DD9833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#DD9833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9833

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9833	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 152, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.138 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb672',
    500: '#dd9833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9833;
$custom-light: #edb672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.647,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73115,
    "c": 0.13836,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.38068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9833

secondary

#91AFDA

accent

#83EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9833

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

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