#DD9550#DD9550

#DD9550 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.122 H 62.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9550
RGB	rgb(221, 149, 80)
HSL	hsl(29, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(29, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, 20.49, 46.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 50.99, 66.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% 0.0559 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.122 62.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.0171, 37.4499, 12.6035)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9550 #5098DD

analogous

#DD5052 #DD9550 #DDDC50

triadic

#DD9550 #50DD95 #9550DD

tetradic

#DD9550 #52DD50 #5098DD #DC50DD

square

#DD9550 #52DD50 #5098DD #DC50DD

split-complementary

#DD9550 #50DDDC #5052DD

monochromatic

#96581D #C97627 #DD9550 #E7B483 #F1D3B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#DD9550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#DD9550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9550

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9550	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9B49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08585

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 149, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.122 62.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb483',
    500: '#dd9550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9550;
$custom-light: #ecb483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.362,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72837,
    "c": 0.12161,
    "h": 62.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9550

secondary

#A9C5E0

accent

#96EA3D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9550

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

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