#DD9853#DD9853

#DD9853 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.119 H 64.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9853
RGB	rgb(221, 152, 83)
HSL	hsl(30, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(30, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, 19.07, 46.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 49.85, 67.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% 0.0521 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.119 64)
XYZ	xyz(42.6112, 38.4567, 13.3606)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9853 #5398DD

analogous

#DD5353 #DD9853 #DDDD53

triadic

#DD9853 #53DD98 #9853DD

tetradic

#DD9853 #53DD53 #5398DD #DD53DD

square

#DD9853 #53DD53 #5398DD #DD53DD

split-complementary

#DD9853 #53DDDD #5353DD

monochromatic

#985B1E #CB7928 #DD9853 #E7B786 #F1D5B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#DD9853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#DD9853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9853

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9853	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)

#AE9D4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 152, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.119 64.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb685',
    500: '#dd9853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9853;
$custom-light: #ecb685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73425,
    "c": 0.11905,
    "h": 64
  },
  "luminance": 0.38453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9853

secondary

#ABC6E1

accent

#94EA3E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9853

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

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