#DD8B56#DD8B56

#DD8B56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.122 H 52.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8B56
RGB	rgb(221, 139, 86)
HSL	hsl(24, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(24, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.1%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, 26.25, 41.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 48.69, 57.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% 0.074 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.122 52.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7340, 34.5131, 13.3187)
Luminance	0.3451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8B56 #56A8DD

analogous

#DD5664 #DD8B56 #DDCF56

triadic

#DD8B56 #56DD8B #8B56DD

tetradic

#DD8B56 #64DD56 #56A8DD #CF56DD

square

#DD8B56 #64DD56 #56A8DD #CF56DD

split-complementary

#DD8B56 #56DDCF #5664DD

monochromatic

#9A4F1F #CD6929 #DD8B56 #E7AE89 #F2D1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#DD8B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#DD8B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8B56

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8B56	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07B7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 139, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.122 52.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecad87',
    500: '#dd8b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8b56;
$custom-light: #ecad87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.556,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71121,
    "c": 0.12154,
    "h": 52.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8B56

secondary

#AECDE1

accent

#86CE17

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8B56

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

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