#DD9D42#DD9D42

#DD9D42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.130 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9D42
RGB	rgb(221, 157, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(35, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, 15.38, 55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 57.33, 74.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% 0.0388 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.13 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.8621, 39.8830, 10.5940)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9D42 #4282DD

analogous

#DD5042 #DD9D42 #D0DD42

triadic

#DD9D42 #42DD9D #9D42DD

tetradic

#DD9D42 #42DD50 #4282DD #DD42D0

square

#DD9D42 #42DD50 #4282DD #DD42D0

split-complementary

#DD9D42 #42D0DD #5042DD

monochromatic

#8C5C19 #BF7F22 #DD9D42 #E6B876 #F0D3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#DD9D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#DD9D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9D42

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9D42	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 157, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.130 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb97b',
    500: '#dd9d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9d42;
$custom-light: #ecb97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.226,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74174,
    "c": 0.12999,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9D42

secondary

#9DB8DD

accent

#84EC3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9D42

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

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