#DD8B4A#DD8B4A

#DD8B4A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.128 H 57.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8B4A
RGB	rgb(221, 139, 74)
HSL	hsl(27, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(27, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.1%, 66.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, 25.48, 46.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 53.42, 61.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% 0.0699 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.128 57)
XYZ	xyz(40.2905, 34.3357, 10.9828)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8B4A #4A9CDD

analogous

#DD4A52 #DD8B4A #DDD54A

triadic

#DD8B4A #4ADD8B #8B4ADD

tetradic

#DD8B4A #52DD4A #4A9CDD #D54ADD

square

#DD8B4A #52DD4A #4A9CDD #D54ADD

split-complementary

#DD8B4A #4ADDD5 #4A52DD

monochromatic

#914F1B #C56C25 #DD8B4A #E7AC7E #F0CDB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#DD8B4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#DD8B4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8B4A

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8B4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8B4A	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F17A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8b4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 139, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.128 57.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edad7f',
    500: '#dd8b4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8b4a;
$custom-light: #edad7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8b4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.531,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70968,
    "c": 0.12839,
    "h": 57
  },
  "luminance": 0.34332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8B4A

secondary

#A4C5DF

accent

#9EEB3D

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#17100A

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8B4A

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

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