#DD9856#DD9856

#DD9856 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.117 H 63.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9856
RGB	rgb(221, 152, 86)
HSL	hsl(29, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(29, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, 19.28, 44.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 48.58, 66.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% 0.0531 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.117 63)
XYZ	xyz(42.7295, 38.5040, 13.9839)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9856 #569BDD

analogous

#DD5658 #DD9856 #DDDB56

triadic

#DD9856 #56DD98 #9856DD

tetradic

#DD9856 #58DD56 #569BDD #DB56DD

square

#DD9856 #58DD56 #569BDD #DB56DD

split-complementary

#DD9856 #56DDDB #5658DD

monochromatic

#9A5B1F #CD7929 #DD9856 #E7B789 #F2D6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#DD9856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#DD9856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9856

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9856	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)

#AE9D50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 152, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.117 63.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb687',
    500: '#dd9856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9856;
$custom-light: #ecb687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.333,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73463,
    "c": 0.11699,
    "h": 63
  },
  "luminance": 0.38501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9856

secondary

#AEC8E1

accent

#75CE17

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9856

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

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