#DD8B50#DD8B50

#DD8B50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.125 H 54.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8B50
RGB	rgb(221, 139, 80)
HSL	hsl(25, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(25, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.1%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, 25.85, 44.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 51.04, 59.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% 0.0719 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.125 54.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.5023, 34.4204, 12.0986)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8B50 #50A2DD

analogous

#DD505C #DD8B50 #DDD150

triadic

#DD8B50 #50DD8B #8B50DD

tetradic

#DD8B50 #5CDD50 #50A2DD #D150DD

square

#DD8B50 #5CDD50 #50A2DD #D150DD

split-complementary

#DD8B50 #50DDD1 #505CDD

monochromatic

#964F1D #C96B27 #DD8B50 #E7AD83 #F1CFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#DD8B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#DD8B50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8B50

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8B50	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)

#A3934A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07A7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 139, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.125 54.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecad83',
    500: '#dd8b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8b50;
$custom-light: #ecad83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.106,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71041,
    "c": 0.12497,
    "h": 54.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8B50

secondary

#A9C9E0

accent

#A2EA3D

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8B50

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

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