#DD9C38#DD9C38

#DD9C38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.136 H 73.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9C38
RGB	rgb(221, 156, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 74.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, 15.45, 59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 61.15, 75.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% 0.0377 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.136 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.4241, 39.4382, 9.1186)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9C38 #3879DD

analogous

#DD4A38 #DD9C38 #CBDD38

triadic

#DD9C38 #38DD9C #9C38DD

tetradic

#DD9C38 #38DD4A #3879DD #DD38CB

square

#DD9C38 #38DD4A #3879DD #DD38CB

split-complementary

#DD9C38 #38CBDD #4A38DD

monochromatic

#845917 #B87C1F #DD9C38 #E6B66C #EFD0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DD9C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#DD9C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9C38

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9C38	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)

#B39F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 156, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.136 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb975',
    500: '#dd9c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9c38;
$custom-light: #edb975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.364,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73901,
    "c": 0.1358,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9C38

secondary

#95B1DB

accent

#81EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9C38

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

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