#DD9259#DD9259

#DD9259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.117 H 56.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9259
RGB	rgb(221, 146, 89)
HSL	hsl(26, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(26, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, 22.71, 41.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 47.25, 61.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% 0.0638 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.117 56.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.9036, 36.6548, 14.3174)
Luminance	0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9259 #59A4DD

analogous

#DD5962 #DD9259 #DDD459

triadic

#DD9259 #59DD92 #9259DD

tetradic

#DD9259 #62DD59 #59A4DD #D459DD

square

#DD9259 #62DD59 #59A4DD #D459DD

split-complementary

#DD9259 #59DDD4 #5962DD

monochromatic

#9C5520 #CF712A #DD9259 #E7B38C #F2D5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#DD9259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#DD9259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9259

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9259	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08384

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 146, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.117 56.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb289',
    500: '#dd9259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9259;
$custom-light: #ecb289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.909,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72409,
    "c": 0.11666,
    "h": 56.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9259

secondary

#B0CCE2

accent

#7FCE18

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FEF5F0

border

#D6CFCB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9259

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

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