#DD9D44#DD9D44

#DD9D44 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.129 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9D44
RGB	rgb(221, 157, 68)
HSL	hsl(35, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29%, 69.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, 15.49, 54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 56.52, 74.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% 0.0394 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.129 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9221, 39.9070, 10.9099)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9D44 #4484DD

analogous

#DD5144 #DD9D44 #D1DD44

triadic

#DD9D44 #44DD9D #9D44DD

tetradic

#DD9D44 #44DD51 #4484DD #DD44D1

square

#DD9D44 #44DD51 #4484DD #DD44D1

split-complementary

#DD9D44 #44D1DD #5144DD

monochromatic

#8D5D1A #C17F23 #DD9D44 #E6B878 #F0D3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#DD9D44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#DD9D44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9D44

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9D44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9D44	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)

#B3A03A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9d44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 157, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.129 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb97c',
    500: '#dd9d44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9d44;
$custom-light: #ecb97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9d44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.902,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74193,
    "c": 0.12872,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9D44

secondary

#9FB9DE

accent

#85EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9D44

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

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