#DD9E3B#DD9E3B

#DD9E3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.134 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9E3B
RGB	rgb(221, 158, 59)
HSL	hsl(37, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 73.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, 14.51, 58.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 60.21, 76.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% 0.0353 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.134 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.8381, 40.1452, 9.6295)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9E3B #3B7ADD

analogous

#DD4D3B #DD9E3B #CBDD3B

triadic

#DD9E3B #3BDD9E #9E3BDD

tetradic

#DD9E3B #3BDD4D #3B7ADD #DD3BCB

square

#DD9E3B #3BDD4D #3B7ADD #DD3BCB

split-complementary

#DD9E3B #3BCBDD #4D3BDD

monochromatic

#865B17 #BA7F20 #DD9E3B #E6B86F #EFD2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#DD9E3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#DD9E3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9E3B

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9E3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9E3B	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9e3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 158, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.134 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edba77',
    500: '#dd9e3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9e3b;
$custom-light: #edba77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9e3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.667,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74302,
    "c": 0.13425,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9E3B

secondary

#98B2DC

accent

#80ED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9E3B

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

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