#DD8E4A#DD8E4A

#DD8E4A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.127 H 59.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8E4A
RGB	rgb(221, 142, 74)
HSL	hsl(28, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(28, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 66.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, 23.87, 47.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 53.36, 63.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% 0.0651 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.127 59.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.7308, 35.2164, 11.1296)
Luminance	0.3521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8E4A #4A99DD

analogous

#DD4A4F #DD8E4A #DDD74A

triadic

#DD8E4A #4ADD8E #8E4ADD

tetradic

#DD8E4A #4FDD4A #4A99DD #D74ADD

square

#DD8E4A #4FDD4A #4A99DD #D74ADD

split-complementary

#DD8E4A #4ADDD7 #4A4FDD

monochromatic

#91521B #C56F25 #DD8E4A #E7AE7E #F0CEB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#DD8E4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#DD8E4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8E4A

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8E4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8E4A	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07D7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8e4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 142, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.127 59.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecaf7f',
    500: '#dd8e4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8e4a;
$custom-light: #ecaf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8e4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.755,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71501,
    "c": 0.12727,
    "h": 59.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8E4A

secondary

#A4C4DF

accent

#9AEB3D

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FEF4EE

border

#D6CEC9

text

#17100A

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8E4A

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

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