#DD9936#DD9936

#DD9936 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.137 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9936
RGB	rgb(221, 153, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 75.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, 16.97, 59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 61.64, 74.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% 0.0419 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.137 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8790, 38.4246, 8.7004)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9936 #367ADD

analogous

#DD4636 #DD9936 #CEDD36

triadic

#DD9936 #36DD99 #9936DD

tetradic

#DD9936 #36DD46 #367ADD #DD36CE

square

#DD9936 #36DD46 #367ADD #DD36CE

split-complementary

#DD9936 #36CEDD #4636DD

monochromatic

#835616 #B7791F #DD9936 #E6B46A #EFCE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#DD9936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#DD9936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9936

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9936	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)

#B19D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 153, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.137 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb774',
    500: '#dd9936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9936;
$custom-light: #edb774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.569,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73323,
    "c": 0.13681,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9936

secondary

#94B1DB

accent

#83EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9936

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

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