#DD9E37#DD9E37

#DD9E37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.136 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9E37
RGB	rgb(221, 158, 55)
HSL	hsl(37, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 75.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, 14.33, 60.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 61.72, 76.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% 0.0343 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.136 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.7383, 40.1052, 9.1039)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9E37 #3776DD

analogous

#DD4B37 #DD9E37 #C9DD37

triadic

#DD9E37 #37DD9E #9E37DD

tetradic

#DD9E37 #37DD4B #3776DD #DD37C9

square

#DD9E37 #37DD4B #3776DD #DD37C9

split-complementary

#DD9E37 #37C9DD #4B37DD

monochromatic

#835A16 #B87E1F #DD9E37 #E6B76B #EFD1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#DD9E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#DD9E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9E37

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9E37	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)

#B5A128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 158, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.136 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edba75',
    500: '#dd9e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9e37;
$custom-light: #edba75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.229,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74271,
    "c": 0.13649,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9E37

secondary

#95AFDB

accent

#7EEE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9E37

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

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