#DD8852#DD8852

#DD8852 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.125 H 51.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8852
RGB	rgb(221, 136, 82)
HSL	hsl(23, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(23, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 62.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, 27.58, 42.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 50.43, 56.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% 0.0774 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.125 51.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1489, 33.5936, 12.3508)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8852 #52A7DD

analogous

#DD5262 #DD8852 #DDCD52

triadic

#DD8852 #52DD88 #8852DD

tetradic

#DD8852 #62DD52 #52A7DD #CD52DD

square

#DD8852 #62DD52 #52A7DD #CD52DD

split-complementary

#DD8852 #52DDCD #5262DD

monochromatic

#974D1E #CA6728 #DD8852 #E7AB85 #F1CEB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#DD8852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#DD8852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8852

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8852	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0914D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0777B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 136, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.125 51.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecab84',
    500: '#dd8852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8852;
$custom-light: #ecab84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.309,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70542,
    "c": 0.12534,
    "h": 51.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8852

secondary

#AACBE0

accent

#A7EA3E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8852

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

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