#DD9D37#DD9D37

#DD9D37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.136 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9D37
RGB	rgb(221, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(37, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29%, 75.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, 14.87, 59.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 61.62, 76.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% 0.0359 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.136 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.5684, 39.7655, 9.0472)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9D37 #3777DD

analogous

#DD4A37 #DD9D37 #CADD37

triadic

#DD9D37 #37DD9D #9D37DD

tetradic

#DD9D37 #37DD4A #3777DD #DD37CA

square

#DD9D37 #37DD4A #3777DD #DD37CA

split-complementary

#DD9D37 #37CADD #4A37DD

monochromatic

#835916 #B87D1F #DD9D37 #E6B76B #EFD0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DD9D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#DD9D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9D37

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9D37	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)

#B4A028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08C88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.136 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb974',
    500: '#dd9d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9d37;
$custom-light: #edb974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.867,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74082,
    "c": 0.13641,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9D37

secondary

#95B0DB

accent

#7FEE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9D37

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

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