#DD9C4A#DD9C4A

#DD9C4A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.125 H 70.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9C4A
RGB	rgb(221, 156, 74)
HSL	hsl(33, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(33, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 66.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, 16.36, 51.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 53.93, 72.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% 0.0428 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.125 70)
XYZ	xyz(42.9461, 39.6470, 11.8680)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9C4A #4A8BDD

analogous

#DD524A #DD9C4A #D5DD4A

triadic

#DD9C4A #4ADD9C #9C4ADD

tetradic

#DD9C4A #4ADD52 #4A8BDD #DD4AD5

square

#DD9C4A #4ADD52 #4A8BDD #DD4AD5

split-complementary

#DD9C4A #4AD5DD #524ADD

monochromatic

#915D1B #C57E25 #DD9C4A #E7B87E #F0D4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DD9C4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#DD9C4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9C4A

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9C4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9C4A	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)

#B2A041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9c4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 156, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.125 70.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb980',
    500: '#dd9c4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9c4a;
$custom-light: #ecb980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9c4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.469,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74066,
    "c": 0.12479,
    "h": 70
  },
  "luminance": 0.39643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9C4A

secondary

#A4BEDF

accent

#8AEB3D

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9C4A

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

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