#DD7551#DD7551

#DD7551 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.139 H 39.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD7551
RGB	rgb(221, 117, 81)
HSL	hsl(15, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(15, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.51, 37.48, 37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.51, 53.25, 45.26°)
OKLab	oklab(67.37% 0.1074 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(67.37% 0.139 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.6684, 28.6930, 11.3376)
Luminance	0.2869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD7551 #51B9DD

analogous

#DD5173 #DD7551 #DDBB51

triadic

#DD7551 #51DD75 #7551DD

tetradic

#DD7551 #73DD51 #51B9DD #BB51DD

square

#DD7551 #73DD51 #51B9DD #BB51DD

split-complementary

#DD7551 #51DDBB #5173DD

monochromatic

#963C1D #C95127 #DD7551 #E79E84 #F1C6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#DD7551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#DD7551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DD7551

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD7551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD7551	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90844D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1626C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd7551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 117, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.139 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9e83',
    500: '#dd7551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd7551;
$custom-light: #ed9e83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd7551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.429,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67366,
    "c": 0.13936,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD7551

secondary

#AAD2E0

accent

#BEEA3E

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#170E0A

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD7551

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

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