#DD9922Tiger King (#DD9922) is a light, saturated orange with an OKLCH hue of 75°, lightness 0.73 and chroma 0.146. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #DD9922 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(221, 153, 34) |
| HSL | hsl(38, 73%, 50%) |
| HSV | hsv(38, 85%, 87%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31%, 85%, 13%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(68.2 16.3 66.2) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.732 0.146 75) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Tiger King shifts subtly: leans toward red; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.2), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#e19416 — ΔE 1.2, shifts subtly: leans toward red#e2991c — ΔE 0.8, shifts subtly: leans toward red#dd9922 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#dd9a24 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchangedTest Tiger King in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 2.43:1 and against black 8.65:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#ffefda · #fbbc5e · #dd9922 · #a77000 · #795000 · #4e3100
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#d7d479 · #dab84e · #dd9922 · #d27f34 · #c16843 · #ab554d
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#dd9922 · #7e9262 · #926100 · #405b00 · #4b2f00 · #152200
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#ffecd3 · #dcc8ac · #dd9922 · #4388dc · #7f6034 · #584428
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e9f3ff · #dd9922 · #978b7a · #4f555e · #2c200e · #000104
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#ebf3fd · #c2cad6 · #949eab · #1a2635 · #000512 · #dd9922
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d2d8b3 · #dd9922 · #b58784 · #1e7291 · #2a3654 · #041011
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#e2c7e5 · #dd9922 · #789bb1 · #775dc3 · #3f3247 · #1d0702
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#d1fcfb · #dd9922 · #00a1a1 · #72358b · #37014a · #000202
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#d8fceb · #dd9922 · #34a37b · #0353a3 · #43002e · #00051c
#E4A84D · #EBB76C · #F2C688 · #F9D5A3 · #FFE3BE
#B87C00 · #926100 · #6D4700 · #4A2F00 · #2B1900
#D29D4F · #C8A16C · #BCA484
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.