#DD9656#DD9656

#DD9656 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.117 H 61.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9656
RGB	rgb(221, 150, 86)
HSL	hsl(28, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(28, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.1%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, 20.35, 44.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 48.51, 65.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% 0.0563 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.117 61.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4076, 37.8603, 13.8766)
Luminance	0.3786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9656 #569DDD

analogous

#DD565A #DD9656 #DDD956

triadic

#DD9656 #56DD96 #9656DD

tetradic

#DD9656 #5ADD56 #569DDD #D956DD

square

#DD9656 #5ADD56 #569DDD #D956DD

split-complementary

#DD9656 #56DDD9 #565ADD

monochromatic

#9A591F #CD7729 #DD9656 #E7B689 #F2D5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#DD9656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#DD9656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9656

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9656	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 150, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.117 61.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb587',
    500: '#dd9656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9656;
$custom-light: #ecb587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.444,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73096,
    "c": 0.11742,
    "h": 61.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9656

secondary

#AEC9E1

accent

#78CE17

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9656

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

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