#DD9E42#DD9E42

#DD9E42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.130 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9E42
RGB	rgb(221, 158, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, 14.85, 55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 57.43, 75.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% 0.0372 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.13 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0319, 40.2227, 10.6506)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9E42 #4281DD

analogous

#DD5142 #DD9E42 #CFDD42

triadic

#DD9E42 #42DD9E #9E42DD

tetradic

#DD9E42 #42DD51 #4281DD #DD42CF

square

#DD9E42 #42DD51 #4281DD #DD42CF

split-complementary

#DD9E42 #42CFDD #5142DD

monochromatic

#8C5D19 #BF8022 #DD9E42 #E6B976 #F0D3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#DD9E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#DD9E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9E42

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9E42	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)

#B4A137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 158, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.130 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecba7b',
    500: '#dd9e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9e42;
$custom-light: #ecba7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.613,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74363,
    "c": 0.13003,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9E42

secondary

#9DB7DD

accent

#83EC3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9E42

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

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