#DD9836#DD9836

#DD9836 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.137 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9836
RGB	rgb(221, 152, 54)
HSL	hsl(35, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(35, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 75.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, 17.51, 59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 61.57, 73.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% 0.0435 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.137 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.7160, 38.0986, 8.6461)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9836 #367BDD

analogous

#DD4536 #DD9836 #CEDD36

triadic

#DD9836 #36DD98 #9836DD

tetradic

#DD9836 #36DD45 #367BDD #DD36CE

square

#DD9836 #36DD45 #367BDD #DD36CE

split-complementary

#DD9836 #36CEDD #4536DD

monochromatic

#835616 #B7781F #DD9836 #E6B36A #EFCE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#DD9836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#DD9836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9836

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9836	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)

#B09C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 152, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.137 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb673',
    500: '#dd9836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9836;
$custom-light: #edb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.21,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73137,
    "c": 0.13683,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9836

secondary

#94B1DB

accent

#84EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9836

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

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