#DD853C#DD853C

#DD853C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.138 H 57.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD853C
RGB	rgb(221, 133, 60)
HSL	hsl(27, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(27, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 72.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, 27.94, 52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 59.06, 61.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% 0.0751 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.138 57.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.0252, 32.4775, 8.4877)
Luminance	0.3247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD853C #3C94DD

analogous

#DD3C43 #DD853C #DDD63C

triadic

#DD853C #3CDD85 #853CDD

tetradic

#DD853C #43DD3C #3C94DD #D63CDD

square

#DD853C #43DD3C #3C94DD #D63CDD

split-complementary

#DD853C #3CDDD6 #3C43DD

monochromatic

#874A18 #BB6721 #DD853C #E6A670 #EFC6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#DD853C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#DD853C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD853C

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD853C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD853C	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17275

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd853c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 133, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.138 57.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eda975',
    500: '#dd853c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd853c;
$custom-light: #eda975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd853c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.205,
    "s": 70.306,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69771,
    "c": 0.13828,
    "h": 57.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD853C

secondary

#99BEDC

accent

#9CED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#181009

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD853C

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

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