#DD9256#DD9256

#DD9256 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.119 H 58.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9256
RGB	rgb(221, 146, 86)
HSL	hsl(27, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(27, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, 22.50, 42.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 48.47, 62.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% 0.0628 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.119 58)
XYZ	xyz(41.7802, 36.6055, 13.6674)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9256 #56A1DD

analogous

#DD565D #DD9256 #DDD656

triadic

#DD9256 #56DD92 #9256DD

tetradic

#DD9256 #5DDD56 #56A1DD #D656DD

square

#DD9256 #5DDD56 #56A1DD #D656DD

split-complementary

#DD9256 #56DDD6 #565DDD

monochromatic

#9A551F #CD7229 #DD9256 #E7B389 #F2D4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#DD9256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#DD9256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9256

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9256	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)

#A89951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 146, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.119 58.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb287',
    500: '#dd9256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9256;
$custom-light: #ecb287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.667,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72368,
    "c": 0.11857,
    "h": 58
  },
  "luminance": 0.36602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9256

secondary

#AECAE1

accent

#7DCE17

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF5F0

border

#D6CFCB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9256

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

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