#DD9835#DD9835

#DD9835 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.137 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9835
RGB	rgb(221, 152, 53)
HSL	hsl(35, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(35, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 76%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, 17.47, 59.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 61.93, 73.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% 0.0432 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.137 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.6927, 38.0893, 8.5236)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9835 #357ADD

analogous

#DD4435 #DD9835 #CEDD35

triadic

#DD9835 #35DD98 #9835DD

tetradic

#DD9835 #35DD44 #357ADD #DD35CE

square

#DD9835 #35DD44 #357ADD #DD35CE

split-complementary

#DD9835 #35CEDD #4435DD

monochromatic

#825516 #B6781F #DD9835 #E6B369 #EFCD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#DD9835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#DD9835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9835

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9835	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 152, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.137 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb673',
    500: '#dd9835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9835;
$custom-light: #edb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.357,
    "s": 71.186,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73129,
    "c": 0.13735,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9835

secondary

#93B0DB

accent

#84EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9835

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

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