#DD8C4D#DD8C4D

#DD8C4D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.126 H 56.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8C4D
RGB	rgb(221, 140, 77)
HSL	hsl(26, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(26, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.7%, 65.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, 25.12, 45.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 52.20, 61.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% 0.0693 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.126 56.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5394, 34.6680, 11.5763)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8C4D #4D9EDD

analogous

#DD4D56 #DD8C4D #DDD44D

triadic

#DD8C4D #4DDD8C #8C4DDD

tetradic

#DD8C4D #56DD4D #4D9EDD #D44DDD

square

#DD8C4D #56DD4D #4D9EDD #D44DDD

split-complementary

#DD8C4D #4DDDD4 #4D56DD

monochromatic

#93501C #C76C26 #DD8C4D #E7AD80 #F1CEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#DD8C4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#DD8C4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8C4D

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8C4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8C4D	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07B7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8c4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 140, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.126 56.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecae81',
    500: '#dd8c4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8c4d;
$custom-light: #ecae81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8c4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.25,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7118,
    "c": 0.12627,
    "h": 56.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8C4D

secondary

#A6C6DF

accent

#9FEB3D

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100A

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8C4D

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

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