#DD9855#DD9855

#DD9855 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.118 H 63.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9855
RGB	rgb(221, 152, 85)
HSL	hsl(30, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(30, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, 19.21, 45.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 49.01, 66.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% 0.0528 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.118 63.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6895, 38.4880, 13.7732)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9855 #559ADD

analogous

#DD5556 #DD9855 #DDDC55

triadic

#DD9855 #55DD98 #9855DD

tetradic

#DD9855 #56DD55 #559ADD #DC55DD

square

#DD9855 #56DD55 #559ADD #DC55DD

split-complementary

#DD9855 #55DDDC #5556DD

monochromatic

#995B1F #CC7929 #DD9855 #E7B788 #F1D6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#DD9855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#DD9855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9855

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9855	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 152, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.118 63.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb687',
    500: '#dd9855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9855;
$custom-light: #ecb687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.559,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7345,
    "c": 0.11768,
    "h": 63.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9855

secondary

#ADC7E1

accent

#95EA3E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9855

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

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