#DD9253#DD9253

#DD9253 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.120 H 59.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9253
RGB	rgb(221, 146, 83)
HSL	hsl(27, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(27, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, 22.30, 44.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 49.70, 63.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% 0.0617 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.12 59.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6619, 36.5581, 13.0442)
Luminance	0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9253 #539EDD

analogous

#DD5359 #DD9253 #DDD753

triadic

#DD9253 #53DD92 #9253DD

tetradic

#DD9253 #59DD53 #539EDD #D753DD

square

#DD9253 #59DD53 #539EDD #D753DD

split-complementary

#DD9253 #53DDD7 #5359DD

monochromatic

#98561E #CB7228 #DD9253 #E7B286 #F1D3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#DD9253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#DD9253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9253

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9253	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9994D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08283

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 146, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.120 59.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb285',
    500: '#dd9253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9253;
$custom-light: #ecb285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.391,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72329,
    "c": 0.12047,
    "h": 59.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9253

secondary

#ABC8E1

accent

#9BEA3E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF5EF

border

#D6CFCA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9253

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

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