#DD8955#DD8955

#DD8955 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.123 H 51.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8955
RGB	rgb(221, 137, 85)
HSL	hsl(23, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(23, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, 27.25, 40.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 49.20, 56.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% 0.0769 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.123 51.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4071, 33.9232, 13.0124)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8955 #55A9DD

analogous

#DD5565 #DD8955 #DDCD55

triadic

#DD8955 #55DD89 #8955DD

tetradic

#DD8955 #65DD55 #55A9DD #CD55DD

square

#DD8955 #65DD55 #55A9DD #CD55DD

split-complementary

#DD8955 #55DDCD #5565DD

monochromatic

#994D1F #CC6729 #DD8955 #E7AC88 #F1D0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#DD8955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#DD8955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8955

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8955	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0797D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 137, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.123 51.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecac86',
    500: '#dd8955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8955;
$custom-light: #ecac86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.941,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70757,
    "c": 0.12315,
    "h": 51.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8955

secondary

#ADCDE1

accent

#A8EA3E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8955

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

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