#DD9255#DD9255

#DD9255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.119 H 58.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9255
RGB	rgb(221, 146, 85)
HSL	hsl(27, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(27, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, 22.43, 43.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 48.88, 62.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% 0.0624 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.119 58.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7402, 36.5895, 13.4567)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9255 #55A0DD

analogous

#DD555C #DD9255 #DDD655

triadic

#DD9255 #55DD92 #9255DD

tetradic

#DD9255 #5CDD55 #55A0DD #D655DD

square

#DD9255 #5CDD55 #55A0DD #D655DD

split-complementary

#DD9255 #55DDD6 #555CDD

monochromatic

#99561F #CC7229 #DD9255 #E7B388 #F1D3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#DD9255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#DD9255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9255

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9255	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8994F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 146, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.119 58.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb286',
    500: '#dd9255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9255;
$custom-light: #ecb286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.912,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72355,
    "c": 0.1192,
    "h": 58.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9255

secondary

#ADCAE1

accent

#9DEA3E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF5EF

border

#D6CFCA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9255

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

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