#DD8E57#DD8E57

#DD8E57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.120 H 54.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD8E57
RGB	rgb(221, 142, 87)
HSL	hsl(25, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(25, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, 24.71, 41.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 48.15, 59.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% 0.0696 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.12 54.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.2149, 35.4100, 13.6792)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD8E57 #57A6DD

analogous

#DD5763 #DD8E57 #DDD157

triadic

#DD8E57 #57DD8E #8E57DD

tetradic

#DD8E57 #63DD57 #57A6DD #D157DD

square

#DD8E57 #63DD57 #57A6DD #D157DD

split-complementary

#DD8E57 #57DDD1 #5763DD

monochromatic

#9A521F #CD6D2A #DD8E57 #E7B08A #F2D2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#DD8E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#DD8E57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD8E57

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD8E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD8E57	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)

#A59652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F07E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd8e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 142, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.120 54.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecaf88',
    500: '#dd8e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd8e57;
$custom-light: #ecaf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd8e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.627,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71665,
    "c": 0.11952,
    "h": 54.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD8E57

secondary

#AECCE1

accent

#83CE17

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF4F0

border

#D6CECB

text

#17100B

muted

#857F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD8E57

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

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