#DD9E34#DD9E34

#DD9E34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.138 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9E34
RGB	rgb(221, 158, 52)
HSL	hsl(38, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 76.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, 14.21, 61.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 62.82, 76.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% 0.0336 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.138 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.6685, 40.0774, 8.7366)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9E34 #3473DD

analogous

#DD4934 #DD9E34 #C7DD34

triadic

#DD9E34 #34DD9E #9E34DD

tetradic

#DD9E34 #34DD49 #3473DD #DD34C7

square

#DD9E34 #34DD49 #3473DD #DD34C7

split-complementary

#DD9E34 #34C7DD #4934DD

monochromatic

#815916 #B57D1E #DD9E34 #E6B768 #EFD09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#DD9E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#DD9E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9E34

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9E34	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 158, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.138 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edba73',
    500: '#dd9e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9e34;
$custom-light: #edba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.633,
    "s": 71.308,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74249,
    "c": 0.13809,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9E34

secondary

#92ADDB

accent

#7DEE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171108

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9E34

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

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