#DD9C4F#DD9C4F

#DD9C4F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.121 H 68.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9C4F
RGB	rgb(221, 156, 79)
HSL	hsl(33, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(33, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 64.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, 16.66, 49.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 51.82, 71.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% 0.0444 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.121 68.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.1213, 39.7171, 12.7907)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9C4F #4F90DD

analogous

#DD554F #DD9C4F #D7DD4F

triadic

#DD9C4F #4FDD9C #9C4FDD

tetradic

#DD9C4F #4FDD55 #4F90DD #DD4FD7

square

#DD9C4F #4FDD55 #4F90DD #DD4FD7

split-complementary

#DD9C4F #4FD7DD #554FDD

monochromatic

#955E1D #C87E27 #DD9C4F #E7B982 #F1D6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DD9C4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#DD9C4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9C4F

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9C4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9C4F	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)

#B2A047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9c4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 156, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.121 68.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb983',
    500: '#dd9c4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9c4f;
$custom-light: #ecb983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9c4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.535,
    "s": 67.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74121,
    "c": 0.12138,
    "h": 68.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9C4F

secondary

#A8C2E0

accent

#8DEA3D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9C4F

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

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