#DD8B57#DD8B57

#DD8B57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.121 H 52.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8B57
RGB	rgb(221, 139, 87)
HSL	hsl(23, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(23, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.1%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, 26.32, 40.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 48.30, 56.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% 0.0744 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.121 52.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7746, 34.5293, 13.5324)
Luminance	0.3453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8B57 #57A9DD

analogous

#DD5766 #DD8B57 #DDCE57

triadic

#DD8B57 #57DD8B #8B57DD

tetradic

#DD8B57 #66DD57 #57A9DD #CE57DD

square

#DD8B57 #66DD57 #57A9DD #CE57DD

split-complementary

#DD8B57 #57DDCE #5766DD

monochromatic

#9A4F1F #CD692A #DD8B57 #E7AE8A #F2D1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#DD8B57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#DD8B57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8B57

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8B57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8B57	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8b57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 139, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.121 52.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecad87',
    500: '#dd8b57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8b57;
$custom-light: #ecad87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8b57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.284,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71135,
    "c": 0.12097,
    "h": 52.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8B57

secondary

#AECEE1

accent

#87CE17

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8B57

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

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