#DD9C45#DD9C45

#DD9C45 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.128 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9C45
RGB	rgb(221, 156, 69)
HSL	hsl(34, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(34, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 68.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 16.08, 53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 56.01, 73.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% 0.0413 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.128 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.7843, 39.5823, 11.0159)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9C45 #4586DD

analogous

#DD5045 #DD9C45 #D2DD45

triadic

#DD9C45 #45DD9C #9C45DD

tetradic

#DD9C45 #45DD50 #4586DD #DD45D2

square

#DD9C45 #45DD50 #4586DD #DD45D2

split-complementary

#DD9C45 #45D2DD #5045DD

monochromatic

#8E5C1A #C17E23 #DD9C45 #E6B879 #F0D3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DD9C45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#DD9C45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9C45

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9C45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9C45	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A03B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9c45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 156, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.128 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb97d',
    500: '#dd9c45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9c45;
$custom-light: #ecb97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9c45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.342,
    "s": 69.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74015,
    "c": 0.12806,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9C45

secondary

#A0BADE

accent

#87EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9C45

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

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