#DD9C4B#DD9C4B

#DD9C4B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.124 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9C4B
RGB	rgb(221, 156, 75)
HSL	hsl(33, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(33, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 66.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, 16.42, 50.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 53.51, 72.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% 0.0431 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.124 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.9801, 39.6606, 12.0469)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9C4B #4B8CDD

analogous

#DD534B #DD9C4B #D5DD4B

triadic

#DD9C4B #4BDD9C #9C4BDD

tetradic

#DD9C4B #4BDD53 #4B8CDD #DD4BD5

square

#DD9C4B #4BDD53 #4B8CDD #DD4BD5

split-complementary

#DD9C4B #4BD5DD #534BDD

monochromatic

#925D1C #C57E25 #DD9C4B #E7B87E #F0D5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DD9C4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#DD9C4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9C4B

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9C4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9C4B	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)

#B2A042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9c4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 156, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.124 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb980',
    500: '#dd9c4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9c4b;
$custom-light: #ecb980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9c4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.288,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74076,
    "c": 0.12412,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9C4B

secondary

#A5BFDF

accent

#8AEB3D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9C4B

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

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