#DD8853#DD8853

#DD8853 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.125 H 51.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8853
RGB	rgb(221, 136, 83)
HSL	hsl(23, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(23, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, 27.64, 41.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 50.04, 56.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% 0.0778 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.125 51.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.1872, 33.6089, 12.5526)
Luminance	0.3361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8853 #53A8DD

analogous

#DD5363 #DD8853 #DDCD53

triadic

#DD8853 #53DD88 #8853DD

tetradic

#DD8853 #63DD53 #53A8DD #CD53DD

square

#DD8853 #63DD53 #53A8DD #CD53DD

split-complementary

#DD8853 #53DDCD #5363DD

monochromatic

#984D1E #CB6728 #DD8853 #E7AB86 #F1CFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#DD8853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#DD8853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8853

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8853	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)

#A0914E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0777C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 136, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.125 51.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecab85',
    500: '#dd8853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8853;
$custom-light: #ecab85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.043,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70555,
    "c": 0.12479,
    "h": 51.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8853

secondary

#ABCCE1

accent

#A8EA3E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8853

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

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