#DD9D34#DD9D34

#DD9D34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.138 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9D34
RGB	rgb(221, 157, 52)
HSL	hsl(37, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29%, 76.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, 14.74, 60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 62.72, 76.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% 0.0352 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.138 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.4987, 39.7376, 8.6800)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9D34 #3474DD

analogous

#DD4834 #DD9D34 #C8DD34

triadic

#DD9D34 #34DD9D #9D34DD

tetradic

#DD9D34 #34DD48 #3474DD #DD34C8

square

#DD9D34 #34DD48 #3474DD #DD34C8

split-complementary

#DD9D34 #34C8DD #4834DD

monochromatic

#815816 #B57C1E #DD9D34 #E6B668 #EFD09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DD9D34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#DD9D34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9D34

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9D34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9D34	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F18C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9d34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 157, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.138 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb973',
    500: '#dd9d34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9d34;
$custom-light: #edb973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9d34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.278,
    "s": 71.308,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7406,
    "c": 0.138,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9D34

secondary

#92AEDB

accent

#7EEE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9D34

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

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