#DD9C3C#DD9C3C

#DD9C3C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.134 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9C3C
RGB	rgb(221, 156, 60)
HSL	hsl(36, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 72.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, 15.62, 57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 59.62, 74.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% 0.0387 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.134 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.5259, 39.4789, 9.6546)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9C3C #3C7DDD

analogous

#DD4B3C #DD9C3C #CEDD3C

triadic

#DD9C3C #3CDD9C #9C3CDD

tetradic

#DD9C3C #3CDD4B #3C7DDD #DD3CCE

square

#DD9C3C #3CDD4B #3C7DDD #DD3CCE

split-complementary

#DD9C3C #3CCEDD #4B3CDD

monochromatic

#875A18 #BB7D21 #DD9C3C #E6B670 #EFD1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DD9C3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#DD9C3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9C3C

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9C3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9C3C	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9c3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 156, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.134 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb977',
    500: '#dd9c3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9c3c;
$custom-light: #edb977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9c3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.776,
    "s": 70.306,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73933,
    "c": 0.13355,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9C3C

secondary

#99B4DC

accent

#83ED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9C3C

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

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