#DD8A59#DD8A59

#DD8A59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.120 H 50.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8A59
RGB	rgb(221, 138, 89)
HSL	hsl(22, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(22, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.6%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, 27.00, 39.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 47.61, 55.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% 0.0767 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.12 50.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7133, 34.2742, 13.9207)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8A59 #59ACDD

analogous

#DD596A #DD8A59 #DDCC59

triadic

#DD8A59 #59DD8A #8A59DD

tetradic

#DD8A59 #6ADD59 #59ACDD #CC59DD

square

#DD8A59 #6ADD59 #59ACDD #CC59DD

split-complementary

#DD8A59 #59DDCC #596ADD

monochromatic

#9C4E20 #CF672A #DD8A59 #E7AE8C #F2D2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#DD8A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#DD8A59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8A59

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8A59	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 138, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.120 50.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecac89',
    500: '#dd8a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8a59;
$custom-light: #ecac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.273,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70988,
    "c": 0.12038,
    "h": 50.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8A59

secondary

#B0CFE2

accent

#8ACE18

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8A59

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

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