#DD8556#DD8556

#DD8556 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.125 H 48.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8556
RGB	rgb(221, 133, 86)
HSL	hsl(21, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(21, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, 29.45, 39.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 49.18, 53.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% 0.0837 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.125 48)
XYZ	xyz(39.8890, 32.8230, 13.0370)
Luminance	0.3282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8556 #56AEDD

analogous

#DD566A #DD8556 #DDC856

triadic

#DD8556 #56DD85 #8556DD

tetradic

#DD8556 #6ADD56 #56AEDD #C856DD

square

#DD8556 #6ADD56 #56AEDD #C856DD

split-complementary

#DD8556 #56DDC8 #566ADD

monochromatic

#9A4A1F #CD6229 #DD8556 #E7AA89 #F2CFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#DD8556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#DD8556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8556

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8556	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8F52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0747A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 133, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.125 48.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eca987',
    500: '#dd8556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8556;
$custom-light: #eca987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.889,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70079,
    "c": 0.12498,
    "h": 48
  },
  "luminance": 0.32819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8556

secondary

#AECFE1

accent

#8FCE17

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8556

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

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