#DD9D41#DD9D41

#DD9D41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.131 H 72.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9D41
RGB	rgb(221, 157, 65)
HSL	hsl(35, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29%, 70.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, 15.33, 55.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 57.74, 74.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% 0.0385 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.131 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.8328, 39.8713, 10.4400)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9D41 #4181DD

analogous

#DD4F41 #DD9D41 #CFDD41

triadic

#DD9D41 #41DD9D #9D41DD

tetradic

#DD9D41 #41DD4F #4181DD #DD41CF

square

#DD9D41 #41DD4F #4181DD #DD41CF

split-complementary

#DD9D41 #41CFDD #4F41DD

monochromatic

#8B5C19 #BF7E22 #DD9D41 #E6B875 #F0D3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#DD9D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#DD9D41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9D41

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9D41	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A036

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 157, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.131 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb97a',
    500: '#dd9d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9d41;
$custom-light: #ecb97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.385,
    "s": 69.643,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74165,
    "c": 0.1306,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9D41

secondary

#9DB7DD

accent

#84EC3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9D41

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

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