#DD9A42#DD9A42

#DD9A42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.130 H 70.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9A42
RGB	rgb(221, 154, 66)
HSL	hsl(34, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(34, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, 16.99, 54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 57.06, 72.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% 0.0435 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.13 70.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3607, 38.8803, 10.4268)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9A42 #4285DD

analogous

#DD4D42 #DD9A42 #D2DD42

triadic

#DD9A42 #42DD9A #9A42DD

tetradic

#DD9A42 #42DD4D #4285DD #DD42D2

square

#DD9A42 #42DD4D #4285DD #DD42D2

split-complementary

#DD9A42 #42D2DD #4D42DD

monochromatic

#8C5A19 #BF7C22 #DD9A42 #E6B676 #F0D1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#DD9A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#DD9A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9A42

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9A42	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 154, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.130 70.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb77b',
    500: '#dd9a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9a42;
$custom-light: #ecb77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.065,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73611,
    "c": 0.12995,
    "h": 70.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9A42

secondary

#9DB9DD

accent

#88EC3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9A42

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

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