#DD9932#DD9932

#DD9932 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.139 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9932
RGB	rgb(221, 153, 50)
HSL	hsl(36, 72%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 77%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 77.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, 16.81, 60.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 63.09, 74.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% 0.0409 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.139 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7889, 38.3886, 8.2259)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9932 #3276DD

analogous

#DD4332 #DD9932 #CCDD32

triadic

#DD9932 #32DD99 #9932DD

tetradic

#DD9932 #32DD43 #3276DD #DD32CC

square

#DD9932 #32DD43 #3276DD #DD32CC

split-complementary

#DD9932 #32CCDD #4332DD

monochromatic

#7F5515 #B4781E #DD9932 #E6B366 #EECD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#DD9932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#DD9932 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9932

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9932	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 153, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.139 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb771',
    500: '#dd9932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9932;
$custom-light: #edb771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.14,
    "s": 71.548,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73294,
    "c": 0.13884,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9932

secondary

#91AEDA

accent

#81EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9932

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

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