#DD9D3B#DD9D3B

#DD9D3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.134 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9D3B
RGB	rgb(221, 157, 59)
HSL	hsl(36, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29%, 73.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, 15.04, 58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 60.10, 75.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% 0.0369 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.134 74)
XYZ	xyz(42.6682, 39.8054, 9.5728)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9D3B #3B7BDD

analogous

#DD4C3B #DD9D3B #CCDD3B

triadic

#DD9D3B #3BDD9D #9D3BDD

tetradic

#DD9D3B #3BDD4C #3B7BDD #DD3BCC

square

#DD9D3B #3BDD4C #3B7BDD #DD3BCC

split-complementary

#DD9D3B #3BCCDD #4C3BDD

monochromatic

#865A17 #BA7E20 #DD9D3B #E6B76F #EFD1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#DD9D3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#DD9D3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9D3B

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9D3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9D3B	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A02E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9d3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 157, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.134 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edb977',
    500: '#dd9d3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9d3b;
$custom-light: #edb977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9d3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.296,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74113,
    "c": 0.13418,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.39802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9D3B

secondary

#98B3DC

accent

#81ED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9D3B

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

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