#DD9843#DD9843

#DD9843 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.129 H 68.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9843
RGB	rgb(221, 152, 67)
HSL	hsl(33, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(33, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 69.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, 18.12, 53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 56.51, 71.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% 0.047 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.129 68.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.0631, 38.2375, 10.4744)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9843 #4388DD

analogous

#DD4B43 #DD9843 #D5DD43

triadic

#DD9843 #43DD98 #9843DD

tetradic

#DD9843 #43DD4B #4388DD #DD43D5

square

#DD9843 #43DD4B #4388DD #DD43D5

split-complementary

#DD9843 #43D5DD #4B43DD

monochromatic

#8C5919 #C07A23 #DD9843 #E6B477 #F0D1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#DD9843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#DD9843 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9843

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9843	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 152, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.129 68.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb67b',
    500: '#dd9843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9843;
$custom-light: #ecb67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.117,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73249,
    "c": 0.12943,
    "h": 68.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9843

secondary

#9EBBDE

accent

#8BEC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9843

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

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