#DD9F42#DD9F42

#DD9F42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.130 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9F42
RGB	rgb(221, 159, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, 14.31, 55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 57.54, 75.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% 0.0357 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.13 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.2032, 40.5653, 10.7077)
Luminance	0.4056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9F42 #4280DD

analogous

#DD5242 #DD9F42 #CEDD42

triadic

#DD9F42 #42DD9F #9F42DD

tetradic

#DD9F42 #42DD52 #4280DD #DD42CE

square

#DD9F42 #42DD52 #4280DD #DD42CE

split-complementary

#DD9F42 #42CEDD #5242DD

monochromatic

#8C5E19 #BF8122 #DD9F42 #E6B976 #F0D4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#DD9F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#DD9F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9F42

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9F42	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 159, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.130 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbb7b',
    500: '#dd9f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9f42;
$custom-light: #ecbb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74552,
    "c": 0.13011,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9F42

secondary

#9DB7DD

accent

#82EC3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9F42

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

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