#DD9C42#DD9C42

#DD9C42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.130 H 71.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9C42
RGB	rgb(221, 156, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(35, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, 15.92, 54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 57.24, 73.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% 0.0404 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.13 71.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.6936, 39.5460, 10.5378)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9C42 #4283DD

analogous

#DD4F42 #DD9C42 #D1DD42

triadic

#DD9C42 #42DD9C #9C42DD

tetradic

#DD9C42 #42DD4F #4283DD #DD42D1

square

#DD9C42 #42DD4F #4283DD #DD42D1

split-complementary

#DD9C42 #42D1DD #4F42DD

monochromatic

#8C5C19 #BF7E22 #DD9C42 #E6B776 #F0D2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DD9C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#DD9C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9C42

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9C42	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 156, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.130 71.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb97b',
    500: '#dd9c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9c42;
$custom-light: #ecb97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.839,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73986,
    "c": 0.12995,
    "h": 71.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9C42

secondary

#9DB8DD

accent

#86EC3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9C42

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

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