#DD9C37#DD9C37

#DD9C37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.136 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9C37
RGB	rgb(221, 156, 55)
HSL	hsl(37, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 75.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, 15.40, 59.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 61.52, 75.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% 0.0374 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.136 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3999, 39.4285, 8.9911)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9C37 #3778DD

analogous

#DD4937 #DD9C37 #CBDD37

triadic

#DD9C37 #37DD9C #9C37DD

tetradic

#DD9C37 #37DD49 #3778DD #DD37CB

square

#DD9C37 #37DD49 #3778DD #DD37CB

split-complementary

#DD9C37 #37CBDD #4937DD

monochromatic

#835916 #B87C1F #DD9C37 #E6B66B #EFD0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DD9C37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#DD9C37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9C37

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9C37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9C37	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9c37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 156, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.136 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb974',
    500: '#dd9c37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9c37;
$custom-light: #edb974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9c37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.506,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73893,
    "c": 0.13635,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9C37

secondary

#95B0DB

accent

#80EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9C37

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

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