#DD8557#DD8557

#DD8557 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.124 H 47.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8557
RGB	rgb(221, 133, 87)
HSL	hsl(21, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(21, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.03, 29.52, 38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.03, 48.81, 52.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% 0.0841 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.124 47.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9295, 32.8392, 13.2507)
Luminance	0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8557 #57AFDD

analogous

#DD576C #DD8557 #DDC857

triadic

#DD8557 #57DD85 #8557DD

tetradic

#DD8557 #6CDD57 #57AFDD #C857DD

square

#DD8557 #6CDD57 #57AFDD #C857DD

split-complementary

#DD8557 #57DDC8 #576CDD

monochromatic

#9A4A1F #CD622A #DD8557 #E7AA8A #F2CFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#DD8557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#DD8557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8557

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8557	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0747A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 133, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.124 47.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eca987',
    500: '#dd8557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8557;
$custom-light: #eca987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.597,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70093,
    "c": 0.12447,
    "h": 47.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8557

secondary

#AED0E1

accent

#8FCE17

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8557

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

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