#DD8855#DD8855

#DD8855 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.124 H 50.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8855
RGB	rgb(221, 136, 85)
HSL	hsl(23, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(23, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, 27.78, 40.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 49.28, 55.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% 0.0785 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.124 50.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.2656, 33.6402, 12.9652)
Luminance	0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8855 #55AADD

analogous

#DD5566 #DD8855 #DDCC55

triadic

#DD8855 #55DD88 #8855DD

tetradic

#DD8855 #66DD55 #55AADD #CC55DD

square

#DD8855 #66DD55 #55AADD #CC55DD

split-complementary

#DD8855 #55DDCC #5566DD

monochromatic

#994C1F #CC6629 #DD8855 #E7AC88 #F1CFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#DD8855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#DD8855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8855

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8855	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0777C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 136, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.124 50.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecab86',
    500: '#dd8855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8855;
$custom-light: #ecab86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70583,
    "c": 0.12371,
    "h": 50.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8855

secondary

#ADCDE1

accent

#A9EA3E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8855

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

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