#DD9E36#DD9E36

#DD9E36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.137 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9E36
RGB	rgb(221, 158, 54)
HSL	hsl(37, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 75.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, 14.29, 60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 62.09, 76.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% 0.0341 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.137 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.7145, 40.0958, 8.9789)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9E36 #3675DD

analogous

#DD4B36 #DD9E36 #C9DD36

triadic

#DD9E36 #36DD9E #9E36DD

tetradic

#DD9E36 #36DD4B #3675DD #DD36C9

square

#DD9E36 #36DD4B #3675DD #DD36C9

split-complementary

#DD9E36 #36C9DD #4B36DD

monochromatic

#835A16 #B77E1F #DD9E36 #E6B76A #EFD19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#DD9E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#DD9E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9E36

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9E36	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 158, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.137 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edba74',
    500: '#dd9e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9e36;
$custom-light: #edba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.365,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74264,
    "c": 0.13703,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9E36

secondary

#94AFDB

accent

#7EEE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9E36

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

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