#DD8251#DD8251

#DD8251 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.129 H 47.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8251
RGB	rgb(221, 130, 81)
HSL	hsl(21, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(21, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.2%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.29, 30.70, 41.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.29, 51.33, 53.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% 0.0867 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.129 47.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2897, 31.9355, 11.8780)
Luminance	0.3193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8251 #51ACDD

analogous

#DD5166 #DD8251 #DDC851

triadic

#DD8251 #51DD82 #8251DD

tetradic

#DD8251 #66DD51 #51ACDD #C851DD

square

#DD8251 #66DD51 #51ACDD #C851DD

split-complementary

#DD8251 #51DDC8 #5166DD

monochromatic

#96481D #C96027 #DD8251 #E7A784 #F1CCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#DD8251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#DD8251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8251

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8251	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8D4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 130, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.129 47.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eda783',
    500: '#dd8251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8251;
$custom-light: #eda783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69498,
    "c": 0.12943,
    "h": 47.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8251

secondary

#AACDE0

accent

#AEEA3E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#170F0B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8251

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

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