#DD9E44#DD9E44

#DD9E44 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.129 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9E44
RGB	rgb(221, 158, 68)
HSL	hsl(35, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 69.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, 14.95, 54.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 56.62, 74.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% 0.0378 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.129 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.0919, 40.2467, 10.9666)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9E44 #4483DD

analogous

#DD5244 #DD9E44 #D0DD44

triadic

#DD9E44 #44DD9E #9E44DD

tetradic

#DD9E44 #44DD52 #4483DD #DD44D0

square

#DD9E44 #44DD52 #4483DD #DD44D0

split-complementary

#DD9E44 #44D0DD #5244DD

monochromatic

#8D5D1A #C18023 #DD9E44 #E6B978 #F0D4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#DD9E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#DD9E44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9E44

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9E44	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 158, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.129 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecba7c',
    500: '#dd9e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9e44;
$custom-light: #ecba7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74382,
    "c": 0.12877,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9E44

secondary

#9FB9DE

accent

#84EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9E44

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

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