#DD9C48#DD9C48

#DD9C48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.126 H 70.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9C48
RGB	rgb(221, 156, 72)
HSL	hsl(34, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(34, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 67.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, 16.24, 52.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 54.77, 72.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% 0.0422 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.126 70.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.8798, 39.6205, 11.5188)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9C48 #4889DD

analogous

#DD5248 #DD9C48 #D3DD48

triadic

#DD9C48 #48DD9C #9C48DD

tetradic

#DD9C48 #48DD52 #4889DD #DD48D3

square

#DD9C48 #48DD52 #4889DD #DD48D3

split-complementary

#DD9C48 #48D3DD #5248DD

monochromatic

#905D1B #C37E24 #DD9C48 #E7B87C #F0D4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DD9C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#DD9C48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9C48

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9C48	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	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)

#B2A03F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 156, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.126 70.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb97e',
    500: '#dd9c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9c48;
$custom-light: #ecb97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.826,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74045,
    "c": 0.12612,
    "h": 70.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9C48

secondary

#A2BDDE

accent

#89EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9C48

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

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