#DD9942#DD9942

#DD9942 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.130 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9942
RGB	rgb(221, 153, 66)
HSL	hsl(34, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(34, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, 17.53, 54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 56.98, 72.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% 0.0451 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.13 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.1964, 38.5516, 10.3721)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9942 #4286DD

analogous

#DD4C42 #DD9942 #D4DD42

triadic

#DD9942 #42DD99 #9942DD

tetradic

#DD9942 #42DD4C #4286DD #DD42D4

square

#DD9942 #42DD4C #4286DD #DD42D4

split-complementary

#DD9942 #42D4DD #4C42DD

monochromatic

#8C5919 #BF7B22 #DD9942 #E6B576 #F0D1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#DD9942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#DD9942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9942

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9942	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 153, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.130 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb77b',
    500: '#dd9942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9942;
$custom-light: #ecb77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.677,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73425,
    "c": 0.12999,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9942

secondary

#9DB9DD

accent

#89EC3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9942

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

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