#DD9557#DD9557

#DD9557 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.117 H 60.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9557
RGB	rgb(221, 149, 87)
HSL	hsl(28, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(28, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, 20.96, 43.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 48.08, 64.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% 0.0583 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.117 60.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2893, 37.5588, 14.0373)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9557 #579FDD

analogous

#DD575C #DD9557 #DDD857

triadic

#DD9557 #57DD95 #9557DD

tetradic

#DD9557 #5CDD57 #579FDD #D857DD

square

#DD9557 #5CDD57 #579FDD #D857DD

split-complementary

#DD9557 #57DDD8 #575CDD

monochromatic

#9A581F #CD752A #DD9557 #E7B58A #F2D5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#DD9557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#DD9557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9557

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9557	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9B51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 149, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.117 60.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb488',
    500: '#dd9557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9557;
$custom-light: #ecb488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.761,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72926,
    "c": 0.11701,
    "h": 60.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9557

secondary

#AECAE1

accent

#7ACE17

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9557

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

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