#DD9C4E#DD9C4E

#DD9C4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.122 H 68.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9C4E
RGB	rgb(221, 156, 78)
HSL	hsl(33, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(33, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 64.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, 16.60, 49.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 52.24, 71.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% 0.0441 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.122 68.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.0852, 39.7026, 12.6004)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9C4E #4E8FDD

analogous

#DD544E #DD9C4E #D7DD4E

triadic

#DD9C4E #4EDD9C #9C4EDD

tetradic

#DD9C4E #4EDD54 #4E8FDD #DD4ED7

square

#DD9C4E #4EDD54 #4E8FDD #DD4ED7

split-complementary

#DD9C4E #4ED7DD #544EDD

monochromatic

#945E1C #C77E26 #DD9C4E #E7B981 #F1D5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DD9C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#DD9C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9C4E

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9C4E	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 156, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.122 68.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb982',
    500: '#dd9c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9c4e;
$custom-light: #ecb982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.727,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7411,
    "c": 0.12208,
    "h": 68.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9C4E

secondary

#A7C1E0

accent

#8CEB3D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9C4E

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

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