#DD9842#DD9842

#DD9842 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.130 H 69.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9842
RGB	rgb(221, 152, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(33, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, 18.07, 53.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 56.91, 71.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% 0.0467 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.13 69)
XYZ	xyz(42.0334, 38.2256, 10.3177)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9842 #4287DD

analogous

#DD4B42 #DD9842 #D5DD42

triadic

#DD9842 #42DD98 #9842DD

tetradic

#DD9842 #42DD4B #4287DD #DD42D5

square

#DD9842 #42DD4B #4287DD #DD42D5

split-complementary

#DD9842 #42D5DD #4B42DD

monochromatic

#8C5919 #BF7A22 #DD9842 #E6B476 #F0D1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#DD9842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#DD9842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9842

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9842	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 152, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.130 69.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb67a',
    500: '#dd9842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9842;
$custom-light: #ecb67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.29,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73239,
    "c": 0.13004,
    "h": 69
  },
  "luminance": 0.38222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9842

secondary

#9DBADD

accent

#8AEC3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9842

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

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