#DD9C36#DD9C36

#DD9C36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.137 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9C36
RGB	rgb(221, 156, 54)
HSL	hsl(37, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 75.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, 15.36, 59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 61.89, 75.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% 0.0372 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.137 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.3762, 39.4190, 8.8661)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9C36 #3677DD

analogous

#DD4936 #DD9C36 #CADD36

triadic

#DD9C36 #36DD9C #9C36DD

tetradic

#DD9C36 #36DD49 #3677DD #DD36CA

square

#DD9C36 #36DD49 #3677DD #DD36CA

split-complementary

#DD9C36 #36CADD #4936DD

monochromatic

#835816 #B77C1F #DD9C36 #E6B66A #EFD09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DD9C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#DD9C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9C36

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9C36	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 156, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.137 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb974',
    500: '#dd9c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9c36;
$custom-light: #edb974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.647,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73886,
    "c": 0.13688,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9C36

secondary

#94B0DB

accent

#80EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9C36

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

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