#DD9F36#DD9F36

#DD9F36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.137 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9F36
RGB	rgb(221, 159, 54)
HSL	hsl(38, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 75.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, 13.75, 60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 62.20, 77.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% 0.0325 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.137 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.8858, 40.4383, 9.0360)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9F36 #3674DD

analogous

#DD4C36 #DD9F36 #C7DD36

triadic

#DD9F36 #36DD9F #9F36DD

tetradic

#DD9F36 #36DD4C #3674DD #DD36C7

square

#DD9F36 #36DD4C #3674DD #DD36C7

split-complementary

#DD9F36 #36C7DD #4C36DD

monochromatic

#835A16 #B77E1F #DD9F36 #E6B86A #EFD19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#DD9F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#DD9F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9F36

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9F36	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 159, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.137 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edbb74',
    500: '#dd9f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9f36;
$custom-light: #edbb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.725,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74453,
    "c": 0.13714,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9F36

secondary

#94AEDB

accent

#7DEE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9F36

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

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