#DD8A61#DD8A61

#DD8A61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.116 H 46.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8A61
RGB	rgb(221, 138, 97)
HSL	hsl(20, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(20, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.6%, 56.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, 27.61, 35.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 44.65, 51.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% 0.0797 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.116 46.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.0677, 34.4159, 15.7870)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8A61 #61B4DD

analogous

#DD6176 #DD8A61 #DDC861

triadic

#DD8A61 #61DD8A #8A61DD

tetradic

#DD8A61 #76DD61 #61B4DD #C861DD

square

#DD8A61 #76DD61 #61B4DD #C861DD

split-complementary

#DD8A61 #61DDC8 #6176DD

monochromatic

#A14C23 #D2652F #DD8A61 #E8AF93 #F3D5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#DD8A61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#DD8A61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8A61

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8A61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8A61	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0945E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF7B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8a61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 138, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.116 46.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecac8e',
    500: '#dd8a61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8a61;
$custom-light: #ecac8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8a61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.839,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7111,
    "c": 0.11602,
    "h": 46.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8A61

secondary

#B6D5E4

accent

#91CC19

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8A61

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

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