#DD9C44#DD9C44

#DD9C44 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.129 H 71.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9C44
RGB	rgb(221, 156, 68)
HSL	hsl(35, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 69.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, 16.02, 54.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 56.42, 73.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% 0.041 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.129 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.7536, 39.5700, 10.8538)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9C44 #4485DD

analogous

#DD5044 #DD9C44 #D2DD44

triadic

#DD9C44 #44DD9C #9C44DD

tetradic

#DD9C44 #44DD50 #4485DD #DD44D2

square

#DD9C44 #44DD50 #4485DD #DD44D2

split-complementary

#DD9C44 #44D2DD #5044DD

monochromatic

#8D5C1A #C17E23 #DD9C44 #E6B778 #F0D3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DD9C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#DD9C44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9C44

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9C44	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)

#B3A03A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 156, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.129 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb97c',
    500: '#dd9c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9c44;
$custom-light: #ecb97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.51,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74005,
    "c": 0.12869,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9C44

secondary

#9FBADE

accent

#87EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9C44

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

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