#DD8550#DD8550

#DD8550 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.128 H 50.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8550
RGB	rgb(221, 133, 80)
HSL	hsl(23, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(23, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.94, 29.04, 42.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.94, 51.42, 55.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70% 0.0816 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.128 50.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6573, 32.7303, 11.8169)
Luminance	0.3273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8550 #50A8DD

analogous

#DD5062 #DD8550 #DDCB50

triadic

#DD8550 #50DD85 #8550DD

tetradic

#DD8550 #62DD50 #50A8DD #CB50DD

square

#DD8550 #62DD50 #50A8DD #CB50DD

split-complementary

#DD8550 #50DDCB #5062DD

monochromatic

#964A1D #C96427 #DD8550 #E7A983 #F1CCB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#DD8550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#DD8550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8550

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8550	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8F4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 133, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.128 50.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eda982',
    500: '#dd8550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8550;
$custom-light: #eda982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.553,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69997,
    "c": 0.12809,
    "h": 50.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8550

secondary

#A9CBE0

accent

#A9EA3D

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#17100A

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8550

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

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