#DD9457#DD9457

#DD9457 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.117 H 59.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9457
RGB	rgb(221, 148, 87)
HSL	hsl(27, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(27, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, 21.50, 42.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 48.06, 63.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% 0.0599 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.117 59.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1318, 37.2437, 13.9848)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9457 #57A0DD

analogous

#DD575D #DD9457 #DDD757

triadic

#DD9457 #57DD94 #9457DD

tetradic

#DD9457 #5DDD57 #57A0DD #D757DD

square

#DD9457 #5DDD57 #57A0DD #D757DD

split-complementary

#DD9457 #57DDD7 #575DDD

monochromatic

#9A571F #CD742A #DD9457 #E7B48A #F2D5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#DD9457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#DD9457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9457

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9457	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 148, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.117 59.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb388',
    500: '#dd9457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9457;
$custom-light: #ecb388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.313,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72744,
    "c": 0.11729,
    "h": 59.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9457

secondary

#AECAE1

accent

#7BCE17

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9457

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

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