#DD8B5B#DD8B5B

#DD8B5B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.119 H 50.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8B5B
RGB	rgb(221, 139, 91)
HSL	hsl(22, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(22, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.1%, 58.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.43, 26.61, 38.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.43, 46.77, 55.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% 0.0759 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.119 50.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.9425, 34.5965, 14.4170)
Luminance	0.3459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8B5B #5BADDD

analogous

#DD5B6C #DD8B5B #DDCC5B

triadic

#DD8B5B #5BDD8B #8B5BDD

tetradic

#DD8B5B #6CDD5B #5BADDD #CC5BDD

square

#DD8B5B #6CDD5B #5BADDD #CC5BDD

split-complementary

#DD8B5B #5BDDCC #5B6CDD

monochromatic

#9D4F21 #D0682B #DD8B5B #E8AF8E #F2D3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#DD8B5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#DD8B5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8B5B

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8B5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8B5B	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8b5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 139, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.119 50.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecad8a',
    500: '#dd8b5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8b5b;
$custom-light: #ecad8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8b5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.154,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71193,
    "c": 0.1187,
    "h": 50.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8B5B

secondary

#B1D0E2

accent

#8ACE18

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8B5B

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

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