#DD9B37#DD9B37

#DD9B37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.136 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9B37
RGB	rgb(221, 155, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 75.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, 15.94, 59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 61.43, 74.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% 0.039 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.136 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.2328, 39.0943, 8.9354)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9B37 #3779DD

analogous

#DD4837 #DD9B37 #CCDD37

triadic

#DD9B37 #37DD9B #9B37DD

tetradic

#DD9B37 #37DD48 #3779DD #DD37CC

square

#DD9B37 #37DD48 #3779DD #DD37CC

split-complementary

#DD9B37 #37CCDD #4837DD

monochromatic

#835816 #B87B1F #DD9B37 #E6B56B #EFCFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#DD9B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#DD9B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9B37

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9B37	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)

#B29F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 155, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.136 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb874',
    500: '#dd9b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9b37;
$custom-light: #edb874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.145,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73705,
    "c": 0.1363,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9B37

secondary

#95B1DB

accent

#82EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9B37

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

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