#DD9851#DD9851

#DD9851 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.120 H 64.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9851
RGB	rgb(221, 152, 81)
HSL	hsl(30, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(30, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, 18.94, 47.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 50.69, 68.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% 0.0514 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.12 64.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5350, 38.4263, 12.9598)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9851 #5196DD

analogous

#DD5251 #DD9851 #DCDD51

triadic

#DD9851 #51DD98 #9851DD

tetradic

#DD9851 #51DD52 #5196DD #DD51DC

square

#DD9851 #51DD52 #5196DD #DD51DC

split-complementary

#DD9851 #51DCDD #5251DD

monochromatic

#965B1D #C97A27 #DD9851 #E7B684 #F1D5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#DD9851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#DD9851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9851

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9851	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 152, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.120 64.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb684',
    500: '#dd9851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9851;
$custom-light: #ecb684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.429,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73401,
    "c": 0.12039,
    "h": 64.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9851

secondary

#AAC5E0

accent

#93EA3E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9851

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

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