#DD8C4E#DD8C4E

#DD8C4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.126 H 56.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8C4E
RGB	rgb(221, 140, 78)
HSL	hsl(26, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(26, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.7%, 64.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, 25.19, 45.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 51.80, 60.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% 0.0696 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.126 56.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5750, 34.6822, 11.7637)
Luminance	0.3468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8C4E #4E9FDD

analogous

#DD4E57 #DD8C4E #DDD44E

triadic

#DD8C4E #4EDD8C #8C4EDD

tetradic

#DD8C4E #57DD4E #4E9FDD #D44EDD

square

#DD8C4E #57DD4E #4E9FDD #D44EDD

split-complementary

#DD8C4E #4EDDD4 #4E57DD

monochromatic

#94501C #C76C26 #DD8C4E #E7AD81 #F1CFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#DD8C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#DD8C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8C4E

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8C4E	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07B7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 140, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.126 56.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecae81',
    500: '#dd8c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8c4e;
$custom-light: #ecae81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.014,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71193,
    "c": 0.12569,
    "h": 56.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8C4E

secondary

#A7C7E0

accent

#9FEB3D

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100A

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8C4E

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

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