#DD8A62#DD8A62

#DD8A62 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.115 H 46.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8A62
RGB	rgb(221, 138, 98)
HSL	hsl(20, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(20, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.6%, 55.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, 27.69, 34.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 44.29, 51.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% 0.0801 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.115 46.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.1146, 34.4347, 16.0341)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8A62 #62B5DD

analogous

#DD6278 #DD8A62 #DDC762

triadic

#DD8A62 #62DD8A #8A62DD

tetradic

#DD8A62 #78DD62 #62B5DD #C762DD

square

#DD8A62 #78DD62 #62B5DD #C762DD

split-complementary

#DD8A62 #62DDC7 #6278DD

monochromatic

#A24C23 #D26530 #DD8A62 #E8AF94 #F3D5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#DD8A62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#DD8A62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8A62

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8A62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8A62	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0945F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF7B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8a62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 138, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.115 46.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebac8f',
    500: '#dd8a62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8a62;
$custom-light: #ebac8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8a62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.512,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71127,
    "c": 0.11549,
    "h": 46.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8A62

secondary

#B7D5E4

accent

#92CC19

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FDF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8A62

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

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