#DD9257#DD9257

#DD9257 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.118 H 57.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9257
RGB	rgb(221, 146, 87)
HSL	hsl(26, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(26, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, 22.57, 42.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 48.06, 61.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% 0.0631 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.118 57.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8208, 36.6217, 13.8811)
Luminance	0.3662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9257 #57A2DD

analogous

#DD575F #DD9257 #DDD557

triadic

#DD9257 #57DD92 #9257DD

tetradic

#DD9257 #5FDD57 #57A2DD #D557DD

square

#DD9257 #5FDD57 #57A2DD #D557DD

split-complementary

#DD9257 #57DDD5 #575FDD

monochromatic

#9A551F #CD722A #DD9257 #E7B38A #F2D4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#DD9257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#DD9257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9257

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9257	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)

#A89952

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08284

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 146, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.118 57.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb288',
    500: '#dd9257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9257;
$custom-light: #ecb288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.418,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72382,
    "c": 0.11793,
    "h": 57.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9257

secondary

#AECBE1

accent

#7ECE17

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF5F0

border

#D6CFCB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9257

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

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