#DD9E41#DD9E41

#DD9E41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.131 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9E41
RGB	rgb(221, 158, 65)
HSL	hsl(36, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 70.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, 14.80, 55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 57.84, 75.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% 0.0369 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.131 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.0027, 40.2110, 10.4967)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9E41 #4180DD

analogous

#DD5041 #DD9E41 #CEDD41

triadic

#DD9E41 #41DD9E #9E41DD

tetradic

#DD9E41 #41DD50 #4180DD #DD41CE

square

#DD9E41 #41DD50 #4180DD #DD41CE

split-complementary

#DD9E41 #41CEDD #5041DD

monochromatic

#8B5D19 #BF7F22 #DD9E41 #E6B975 #F0D3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#DD9E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#DD9E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9E41

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9E41	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 158, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.131 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecba7a',
    500: '#dd9e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9e41;
$custom-light: #ecba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.769,
    "s": 69.643,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74354,
    "c": 0.13066,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9E41

secondary

#9DB7DD

accent

#83EC3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9E41

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

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