#DD9C43#DD9C43

#DD9C43 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.129 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9C43
RGB	rgb(221, 156, 67)
HSL	hsl(35, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(35, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 69.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, 15.97, 54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 56.83, 73.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74% 0.0407 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.129 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.7233, 39.5579, 10.6944)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9C43 #4384DD

analogous

#DD4F43 #DD9C43 #D1DD43

triadic

#DD9C43 #43DD9C #9C43DD

tetradic

#DD9C43 #43DD4F #4384DD #DD43D1

square

#DD9C43 #43DD4F #4384DD #DD43D1

split-complementary

#DD9C43 #43D1DD #4F43DD

monochromatic

#8C5C19 #C07E23 #DD9C43 #E6B777 #F0D3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DD9C43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#DD9C43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9C43

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9C43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9C43	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)

#B3A039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9c43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 156, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.129 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb97b',
    500: '#dd9c43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9c43;
$custom-light: #ecb97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9c43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.675,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73995,
    "c": 0.12933,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9C43

secondary

#9EB9DE

accent

#86EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9C43

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

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