#DD8A55#DD8A55

#DD8A55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.123 H 52.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8A55
RGB	rgb(221, 138, 85)
HSL	hsl(23, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(23, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.6%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, 26.71, 41.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 49.14, 57.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% 0.0753 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.123 52.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.5499, 34.2088, 13.0600)
Luminance	0.3421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8A55 #55A8DD

analogous

#DD5564 #DD8A55 #DDCE55

triadic

#DD8A55 #55DD8A #8A55DD

tetradic

#DD8A55 #64DD55 #55A8DD #CE55DD

square

#DD8A55 #64DD55 #55A8DD #CE55DD

split-complementary

#DD8A55 #55DDCE #5564DD

monochromatic

#994E1F #CC6829 #DD8A55 #E7AD88 #F1D0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#DD8A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#DD8A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8A55

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8A55	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07A7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 138, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.123 52.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecac86',
    500: '#dd8a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8a55;
$custom-light: #ecac86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.382,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70932,
    "c": 0.12262,
    "h": 52.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8A55

secondary

#ADCDE1

accent

#A7EA3E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8A55

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

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