#DD9A34#DD9A34

#DD9A34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.138 H 73.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9A34
RGB	rgb(221, 154, 52)
HSL	hsl(36, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 76.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, 16.35, 60.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 62.45, 74.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% 0.0398 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.138 73.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.9973, 38.7349, 8.5129)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9A34 #3477DD

analogous

#DD4534 #DD9A34 #CBDD34

triadic

#DD9A34 #34DD9A #9A34DD

tetradic

#DD9A34 #34DD45 #3477DD #DD34CB

square

#DD9A34 #34DD45 #3477DD #DD34CB

split-complementary

#DD9A34 #34CBDD #4534DD

monochromatic

#815616 #B57A1E #DD9A34 #E6B468 #EFCE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#DD9A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#DD9A34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9A34

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9A34	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 154, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.138 73.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb773',
    500: '#dd9a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9a34;
$custom-light: #edb773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.213,
    "s": 71.308,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73495,
    "c": 0.13785,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9A34

secondary

#92AFDB

accent

#81EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9A34

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

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