#DD9C49#DD9C49

#DD9C49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.125 H 70.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9C49
RGB	rgb(221, 156, 73)
HSL	hsl(34, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(34, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, 16.30, 51.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 54.35, 72.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% 0.0425 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.125 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9127, 39.6336, 11.6920)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9C49 #498ADD

analogous

#DD5249 #DD9C49 #D4DD49

triadic

#DD9C49 #49DD9C #9C49DD

tetradic

#DD9C49 #49DD52 #498ADD #DD49D4

square

#DD9C49 #49DD52 #498ADD #DD49D4

split-complementary

#DD9C49 #49D4DD #5249DD

monochromatic

#915D1B #C47E25 #DD9C49 #E7B87D #F0D4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DD9C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#DD9C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9C49

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9C49	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 156, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.125 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb97f',
    500: '#dd9c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9c49;
$custom-light: #ecb97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.649,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74055,
    "c": 0.12546,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9C49

secondary

#A3BDDF

accent

#89EB3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9C49

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

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