#DD9555#DD9555

#DD9555 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.118 H 60.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9555
RGB	rgb(221, 149, 85)
HSL	hsl(28, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(28, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, 20.82, 44.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 48.91, 64.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% 0.0576 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.118 60.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.2087, 37.5265, 13.6129)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9555 #559DDD

analogous

#DD5559 #DD9555 #DDD955

triadic

#DD9555 #55DD95 #9555DD

tetradic

#DD9555 #59DD55 #559DDD #D955DD

square

#DD9555 #59DD55 #559DDD #D955DD

split-complementary

#DD9555 #55DDD9 #5559DD

monochromatic

#99581F #CC7629 #DD9555 #E7B588 #F1D5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#DD9555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#DD9555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9555

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9555	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9B4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 149, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.118 60.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb487',
    500: '#dd9555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9555;
$custom-light: #ecb487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.235,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.729,
    "c": 0.11833,
    "h": 60.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9555

secondary

#ADC8E1

accent

#99EA3E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9555

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

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