#DD8B59#DD8B59

#DD8B59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.120 H 51.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8B59
RGB	rgb(221, 139, 89)
HSL	hsl(23, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(23, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.1%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.41, 26.46, 39.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.41, 47.53, 56.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% 0.0751 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.12 51.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8574, 34.5624, 13.9687)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8B59 #59ABDD

analogous

#DD5969 #DD8B59 #DDCD59

triadic

#DD8B59 #59DD8B #8B59DD

tetradic

#DD8B59 #69DD59 #59ABDD #CD59DD

square

#DD8B59 #69DD59 #59ABDD #CD59DD

split-complementary

#DD8B59 #59DDCD #5969DD

monochromatic

#9C4F20 #CF682A #DD8B59 #E7AE8C #F2D2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#DD8B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#DD8B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8B59

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8B59	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	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)

#A29455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 139, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.120 51.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecad89',
    500: '#dd8b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8b59;
$custom-light: #ecad89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.727,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71163,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 51.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8B59

secondary

#B0CFE2

accent

#89CE18

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8B59

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

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