#DD8B51#DD8B51

#DD8B51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.124 H 54.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8B51
RGB	rgb(221, 139, 81)
HSL	hsl(25, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(25, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.1%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, 25.91, 43.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 50.65, 59.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% 0.0723 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.124 54.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5396, 34.4353, 12.2946)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8B51 #51A3DD

analogous

#DD515D #DD8B51 #DDD151

triadic

#DD8B51 #51DD8B #8B51DD

tetradic

#DD8B51 #5DDD51 #51A3DD #D151DD

square

#DD8B51 #5DDD51 #51A3DD #D151DD

split-complementary

#DD8B51 #51DDD1 #515DDD

monochromatic

#964F1D #C96B27 #DD8B51 #E7AD84 #F1CFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#DD8B51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#DD8B51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8B51

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8B51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8B51	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)

#A3944C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8b51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 139, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.124 54.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecad83',
    500: '#dd8b51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8b51;
$custom-light: #ecad83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8b51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.857,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71054,
    "c": 0.1244,
    "h": 54.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8B51

secondary

#AACAE0

accent

#A3EA3E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8B51

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

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