#DD9F3A#DD9F3A

#DD9F3A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.135 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9F3A
RGB	rgb(221, 159, 58)
HSL	hsl(37, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 74%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 73.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, 13.93, 59.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 60.70, 76.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% 0.0335 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.135 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.9836, 40.4774, 9.5513)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9F3A #3A78DD

analogous

#DD4E3A #DD9F3A #CADD3A

triadic

#DD9F3A #3ADD9F #9F3ADD

tetradic

#DD9F3A #3ADD4E #3A78DD #DD3ACA

square

#DD9F3A #3ADD4E #3A78DD #DD3ACA

split-complementary

#DD9F3A #3ACADD #4E3ADD

monochromatic

#865C17 #BA7F20 #DD9F3A #E6B86E #EFD2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#DD9F3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#DD9F3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9F3A

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9F3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9F3A	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)

#B6A22C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9f3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 159, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.135 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edbb76',
    500: '#dd9f3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9f3a;
$custom-light: #edbb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9f3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.178,
    "s": 70.563,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74484,
    "c": 0.13492,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9F3A

secondary

#97B1DC

accent

#7FED3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9F3A

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

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