#DD9A38#DD9A38

#DD9A38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.136 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9A38
RGB	rgb(221, 154, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 74.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, 16.52, 58.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 60.97, 74.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% 0.0408 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.136 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.0913, 38.7725, 9.0077)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9A38 #387BDD

analogous

#DD4838 #DD9A38 #CEDD38

triadic

#DD9A38 #38DD9A #9A38DD

tetradic

#DD9A38 #38DD48 #387BDD #DD38CE

square

#DD9A38 #38DD48 #387BDD #DD38CE

split-complementary

#DD9A38 #38CEDD #4838DD

monochromatic

#845817 #B87A1F #DD9A38 #E6B56C #EFCFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#DD9A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#DD9A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9A38

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9A38	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)

#B19E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 154, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.136 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb775',
    500: '#dd9a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9a38;
$custom-light: #edb775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.636,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73525,
    "c": 0.13574,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9A38

secondary

#95B2DB

accent

#83EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9A38

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

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