#DD9456#DD9456

#DD9456 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.118 H 59.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9456
RGB	rgb(221, 148, 86)
HSL	hsl(28, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(28, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, 21.43, 43.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 48.48, 63.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% 0.0596 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.118 59.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.0912, 37.2275, 13.7711)
Luminance	0.3722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9456 #569FDD

analogous

#DD565B #DD9456 #DDD856

triadic

#DD9456 #56DD94 #9456DD

tetradic

#DD9456 #5BDD56 #569FDD #D856DD

square

#DD9456 #5BDD56 #569FDD #D856DD

split-complementary

#DD9456 #56DDD8 #565BDD

monochromatic

#9A571F #CD7429 #DD9456 #E7B489 #F2D5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#DD9456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#DD9456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9456

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9456	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08585

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 148, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.118 59.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb387',
    500: '#dd9456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9456;
$custom-light: #ecb387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.556,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72731,
    "c": 0.11795,
    "h": 59.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9456

secondary

#AECAE1

accent

#7ACE17

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9456

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

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