#DD9852#DD9852

#DD9852 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.120 H 64.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9852
RGB	rgb(221, 152, 82)
HSL	hsl(30, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(30, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 62.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, 19.01, 46.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 50.27, 67.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% 0.0518 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.12 64.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.5728, 38.4414, 13.1587)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9852 #5297DD

analogous

#DD5352 #DD9852 #DDDD52

triadic

#DD9852 #52DD98 #9852DD

tetradic

#DD9852 #52DD53 #5297DD #DD52DD

square

#DD9852 #52DD53 #5297DD #DD52DD

split-complementary

#DD9852 #52DDDD #5352DD

monochromatic

#975B1E #CA7928 #DD9852 #E7B685 #F1D5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#DD9852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#DD9852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9852

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9852	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 152, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.120 64.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb685',
    500: '#dd9852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9852;
$custom-light: #ecb685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.216,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73413,
    "c": 0.11972,
    "h": 64.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9852

secondary

#AAC5E0

accent

#93EA3E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9852

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

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