#DD8A51#DD8A51

#DD8A51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.125 H 53.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8A51
RGB	rgb(221, 138, 81)
HSL	hsl(24, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(24, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.6%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, 26.45, 43.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 50.69, 58.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% 0.0739 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.125 53.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3954, 34.1470, 12.2466)
Luminance	0.3414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8A51 #51A4DD

analogous

#DD515E #DD8A51 #DDD051

triadic

#DD8A51 #51DD8A #8A51DD

tetradic

#DD8A51 #5EDD51 #51A4DD #D051DD

square

#DD8A51 #5EDD51 #51A4DD #D051DD

split-complementary

#DD8A51 #51DDD0 #515EDD

monochromatic

#964F1D #C96927 #DD8A51 #E7AC84 #F1CFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#DD8A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#DD8A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8A51

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8A51	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)

#A2934C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0797D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 138, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.125 53.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecac83',
    500: '#dd8a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8a51;
$custom-light: #ecac83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.429,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70878,
    "c": 0.12488,
    "h": 53.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8A51

secondary

#AACAE0

accent

#A4EA3E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8A51

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

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