#DD9B42#DD9B42

#DD9B42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.130 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9B42
RGB	rgb(221, 155, 66)
HSL	hsl(34, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(34, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, 16.46, 54.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 57.14, 73.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% 0.042 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.13 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.5265, 39.2118, 10.4821)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9B42 #4284DD

analogous

#DD4E42 #DD9B42 #D1DD42

triadic

#DD9B42 #42DD9B #9B42DD

tetradic

#DD9B42 #42DD4E #4284DD #DD42D1

square

#DD9B42 #42DD4E #4284DD #DD42D1

split-complementary

#DD9B42 #42D1DD #4E42DD

monochromatic

#8C5B19 #BF7D22 #DD9B42 #E6B676 #F0D2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#DD9B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#DD9B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9B42

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9B42	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 155, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.130 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb87b',
    500: '#dd9b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9b42;
$custom-light: #ecb87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.452,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73798,
    "c": 0.12994,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9B42

secondary

#9DB9DD

accent

#87EC3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9B42

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

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