#DD8856#DD8856

#DD8856 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.123 H 50.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8856
RGB	rgb(221, 136, 86)
HSL	hsl(22, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(22, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, 27.85, 40.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 48.90, 55.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% 0.0789 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.123 50.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.3056, 33.6562, 13.1759)
Luminance	0.3365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8856 #56ABDD

analogous

#DD5668 #DD8856 #DDCB56

triadic

#DD8856 #56DD88 #8856DD

tetradic

#DD8856 #68DD56 #56ABDD #CB56DD

square

#DD8856 #68DD56 #56ABDD #CB56DD

split-complementary

#DD8856 #56DDCB #5668DD

monochromatic

#9A4C1F #CD6629 #DD8856 #E7AC89 #F2D0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#DD8856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#DD8856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8856

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8856	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)

#A09251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0787C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 136, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.123 50.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecab87',
    500: '#dd8856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8856;
$custom-light: #ecab87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.222,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70597,
    "c": 0.12316,
    "h": 50.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8856

secondary

#AECEE1

accent

#8BCE17

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8856

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

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