#DD853D#DD853D

#DD853D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.138 H 56.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD853D
RGB	rgb(221, 133, 61)
HSL	hsl(27, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(27, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 72.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, 27.98, 51.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 58.69, 61.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% 0.0754 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.138 56.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0519, 32.4882, 8.6282)
Luminance	0.3248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD853D #3D95DD

analogous

#DD3D45 #DD853D #DDD53D

triadic

#DD853D #3DDD85 #853DDD

tetradic

#DD853D #45DD3D #3D95DD #D53DDD

square

#DD853D #45DD3D #3D95DD #D53DDD

split-complementary

#DD853D #3DDDD5 #3D45DD

monochromatic

#884A18 #BC6721 #DD853D #E6A671 #EFC6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#DD853D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#DD853D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD853D

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD853D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD853D	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17276

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd853d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 133, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.138 56.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eda976',
    500: '#dd853d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd853d;
$custom-light: #eda976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd853d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27,
    "s": 70.175,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69781,
    "c": 0.1378,
    "h": 56.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD853D

secondary

#99BEDC

accent

#9DED3B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#181009

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD853D

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

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