#DD9935#DD9935

#DD9935 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.137 H 72.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9935
RGB	rgb(221, 153, 53)
HSL	hsl(36, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 76%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, 16.93, 59.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 62.01, 74.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% 0.0417 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.137 72.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.8557, 38.4153, 8.5780)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9935 #3579DD

analogous

#DD4535 #DD9935 #CDDD35

triadic

#DD9935 #35DD99 #9935DD

tetradic

#DD9935 #35DD45 #3579DD #DD35CD

square

#DD9935 #35DD45 #3579DD #DD35CD

split-complementary

#DD9935 #35CDDD #4535DD

monochromatic

#825616 #B6791F #DD9935 #E6B369 #EFCE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#DD9935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#DD9935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9935

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9935	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)

#B19D26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 153, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.137 72.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb773',
    500: '#dd9935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9935;
$custom-light: #edb773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.714,
    "s": 71.186,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73316,
    "c": 0.13733,
    "h": 72.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9935

secondary

#93B0DB

accent

#83EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9935

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

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