#DD9C3E#DD9C3E

#DD9C3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.132 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9C3E
RGB	rgb(221, 156, 62)
HSL	hsl(35, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 71.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, 15.72, 56.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 58.83, 74.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% 0.0393 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.132 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5797, 39.5004, 9.9383)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9C3E #3E7FDD

analogous

#DD4D3E #DD9C3E #CEDD3E

triadic

#DD9C3E #3EDD9C #9C3EDD

tetradic

#DD9C3E #3EDD4D #3E7FDD #DD3ECE

square

#DD9C3E #3EDD4D #3E7FDD #DD3ECE

split-complementary

#DD9C3E #3ECEDD #4D3EDD

monochromatic

#895B18 #BD7D21 #DD9C3E #E6B772 #EFD1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DD9C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#DD9C3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9C3E

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9C3E	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)

#B39F32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 156, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.132 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb978',
    500: '#dd9c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9c3e;
$custom-light: #ecb978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.472,
    "s": 70.044,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7395,
    "c": 0.13238,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9C3E

secondary

#9AB5DD

accent

#84ED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9C3E

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

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