#DD8E56#DD8E56

#DD8E56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.120 H 54.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8E56
RGB	rgb(221, 142, 86)
HSL	hsl(25, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(25, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, 24.64, 41.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 48.55, 59.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% 0.0692 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.12 54.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.1744, 35.3938, 13.4655)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8E56 #56A5DD

analogous

#DD5661 #DD8E56 #DDD156

triadic

#DD8E56 #56DD8E #8E56DD

tetradic

#DD8E56 #61DD56 #56A5DD #D156DD

square

#DD8E56 #61DD56 #56A5DD #D156DD

split-complementary

#DD8E56 #56DDD1 #5661DD

monochromatic

#9A521F #CD6D29 #DD8E56 #E7B089 #F2D2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#DD8E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#DD8E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8E56

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8E56	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 142, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.120 54.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecaf87',
    500: '#dd8e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8e56;
$custom-light: #ecaf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.889,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71651,
    "c": 0.12012,
    "h": 54.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8E56

secondary

#AECCE1

accent

#82CE17

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4EF

border

#D6CECA

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8E56

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

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