#DD8962#DD8962

#DD8962 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.116 H 45.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8962
RGB	rgb(221, 137, 98)
HSL	hsl(19, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(19, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38%, 55.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, 28.22, 34.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 44.40, 50.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% 0.0817 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.116 45.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.9718, 34.1491, 15.9865)
Luminance	0.3414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8962 #62B6DD

analogous

#DD6279 #DD8962 #DDC662

triadic

#DD8962 #62DD89 #8962DD

tetradic

#DD8962 #79DD62 #62B6DD #C662DD

square

#DD8962 #79DD62 #62B6DD #C662DD

split-complementary

#DD8962 #62DDC6 #6279DD

monochromatic

#A24B23 #D26330 #DD8962 #E8AF94 #F3D5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#DD8962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#DD8962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8962

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8962	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F935F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF7A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 137, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.116 45.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecac8f',
    500: '#dd8962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8962;
$custom-light: #ecac8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.024,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70953,
    "c": 0.11617,
    "h": 45.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8962

secondary

#B7D6E4

accent

#93CC19

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FDF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8962

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

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