#DD9B3E#DD9B3E

#DD9B3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.132 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9B3E
RGB	rgb(221, 155, 62)
HSL	hsl(35, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 71.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, 16.26, 56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 58.74, 73.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% 0.0408 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.132 72)
XYZ	xyz(42.4126, 39.1662, 9.8826)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9B3E #3E80DD

analogous

#DD4B3E #DD9B3E #D0DD3E

triadic

#DD9B3E #3EDD9B #9B3EDD

tetradic

#DD9B3E #3EDD4B #3E80DD #DD3ED0

square

#DD9B3E #3EDD4B #3E80DD #DD3ED0

split-complementary

#DD9B3E #3ED0DD #4B3EDD

monochromatic

#895A18 #BD7C21 #DD9B3E #E6B672 #EFD1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#DD9B3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#DD9B3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9B3E

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9B3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9B3E	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9b3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 155, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.132 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb878',
    500: '#dd9b3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9b3e;
$custom-light: #edb878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9b3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.094,
    "s": 70.044,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73762,
    "c": 0.13236,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.39163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9B3E

secondary

#9AB6DD

accent

#85ED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9B3E

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

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