#DD9B34#DD9B34

#DD9B34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.138 H 73.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9B34
RGB	rgb(221, 155, 52)
HSL	hsl(37, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 76.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, 15.82, 60.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 62.53, 75.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% 0.0383 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.138 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.1631, 39.0664, 8.5681)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9B34 #3476DD

analogous

#DD4634 #DD9B34 #CADD34

triadic

#DD9B34 #34DD9B #9B34DD

tetradic

#DD9B34 #34DD46 #3476DD #DD34CA

square

#DD9B34 #34DD46 #3476DD #DD34CA

split-complementary

#DD9B34 #34CADD #4634DD

monochromatic

#815716 #B57A1E #DD9B34 #E6B568 #EFCF9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#DD9B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#DD9B34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9B34

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9B34	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 155, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.138 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb873',
    500: '#dd9b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9b34;
$custom-light: #edb873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.568,
    "s": 71.308,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73683,
    "c": 0.13788,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9B34

secondary

#92AEDB

accent

#80EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9B34

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

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