#DD9E48#DD9E48

#DD9E48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.126 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9E48
RGB	rgb(221, 158, 72)
HSL	hsl(35, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 67.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, 15.17, 52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 54.96, 73.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% 0.039 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.126 72)
XYZ	xyz(43.2182, 40.2972, 11.6316)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9E48 #4887DD

analogous

#DD5448 #DD9E48 #D2DD48

triadic

#DD9E48 #48DD9E #9E48DD

tetradic

#DD9E48 #48DD54 #4887DD #DD48D2

square

#DD9E48 #48DD54 #4887DD #DD48D2

split-complementary

#DD9E48 #48D2DD #5448DD

monochromatic

#905E1B #C38024 #DD9E48 #E7B97C #F0D5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#DD9E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#DD9E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9E48

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9E48	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A13E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 158, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.126 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecba7f',
    500: '#dd9e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9e48;
$custom-light: #ecba7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.631,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74421,
    "c": 0.12616,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.40294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9E48

secondary

#A2BCDE

accent

#86EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9E48

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

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