#DD9A36#DD9A36

#DD9A36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.137 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9A36
RGB	rgb(221, 154, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 75.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, 16.43, 59.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 61.72, 74.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% 0.0403 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.137 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.0433, 38.7533, 8.7552)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9A36 #3679DD

analogous

#DD4736 #DD9A36 #CDDD36

triadic

#DD9A36 #36DD9A #9A36DD

tetradic

#DD9A36 #36DD47 #3679DD #DD36CD

square

#DD9A36 #36DD47 #3679DD #DD36CD

split-complementary

#DD9A36 #36CDDD #4736DD

monochromatic

#835716 #B77A1F #DD9A36 #E6B46A #EFCF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#DD9A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#DD9A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9A36

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9A36	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)

#B29E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 154, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.137 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb774',
    500: '#dd9a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9a36;
$custom-light: #edb774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.928,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7351,
    "c": 0.13681,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9A36

secondary

#94B0DB

accent

#82EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9A36

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →