#DD8E51#DD8E51

#DD8E51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.123 H 56.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8E51
RGB	rgb(221, 142, 81)
HSL	hsl(26, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(26, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, 24.31, 44.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 50.55, 61.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% 0.0674 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.123 56.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.9799, 35.3160, 12.4414)
Luminance	0.3531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8E51 #51A0DD

analogous

#DD515A #DD8E51 #DDD451

triadic

#DD8E51 #51DD8E #8E51DD

tetradic

#DD8E51 #5ADD51 #51A0DD #D451DD

square

#DD8E51 #5ADD51 #51A0DD #D451DD

split-complementary

#DD8E51 #51DDD4 #515ADD

monochromatic

#96521D #C96E27 #DD8E51 #E7AF84 #F1D0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#DD8E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#DD8E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8E51

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8E51	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5964B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07E80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 142, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.123 56.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecaf84',
    500: '#dd8e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8e51;
$custom-light: #ecaf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.143,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71585,
    "c": 0.12312,
    "h": 56.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8E51

secondary

#AAC8E0

accent

#9FEA3E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8E51

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

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