#DD9837#DD9837

#DD9837 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.136 H 71.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9837
RGB	rgb(221, 152, 55)
HSL	hsl(35, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(35, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 75.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, 17.55, 58.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 61.19, 73.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% 0.0437 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.136 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.7397, 38.1081, 8.7710)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9837 #377CDD

analogous

#DD4537 #DD9837 #CFDD37

triadic

#DD9837 #37DD98 #9837DD

tetradic

#DD9837 #37DD45 #377CDD #DD37CF

square

#DD9837 #37DD45 #377CDD #DD37CF

split-complementary

#DD9837 #37CFDD #4537DD

monochromatic

#835616 #B8781F #DD9837 #E6B36B #EFCEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#DD9837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#DD9837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9837

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9837	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)

#B09C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 152, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.136 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb674',
    500: '#dd9837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9837;
$custom-light: #edb674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.06,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73144,
    "c": 0.1363,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9837

secondary

#95B2DB

accent

#85EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9837

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

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