#DD9B36#DD9B36

#DD9B36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.137 H 73.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9B36
RGB	rgb(221, 155, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 75.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, 15.90, 59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 61.80, 75.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% 0.0388 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.137 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.2091, 39.0848, 8.8104)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9B36 #3678DD

analogous

#DD4836 #DD9B36 #CCDD36

triadic

#DD9B36 #36DD9B #9B36DD

tetradic

#DD9B36 #36DD48 #3678DD #DD36CC

square

#DD9B36 #36DD48 #3678DD #DD36CC

split-complementary

#DD9B36 #36CCDD #4836DD

monochromatic

#835816 #B77B1F #DD9B36 #E6B56A #EFCF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#DD9B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#DD9B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9B36

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9B36	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 155, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.137 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb874',
    500: '#dd9b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9b36;
$custom-light: #edb874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.287,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73698,
    "c": 0.13683,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9B36

secondary

#94B0DB

accent

#81EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9B36

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

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