#DD9859#DD9859

#DD9859 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.115 H 61.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9859
RGB	rgb(221, 152, 89)
HSL	hsl(29, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(29, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, 19.49, 43.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 47.32, 65.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% 0.0542 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.115 61.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.8529, 38.5534, 14.6339)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9859 #599EDD

analogous

#DD595C #DD9859 #DDDA59

triadic

#DD9859 #59DD98 #9859DD

tetradic

#DD9859 #5CDD59 #599EDD #DA59DD

square

#DD9859 #5CDD59 #599EDD #DA59DD

split-complementary

#DD9859 #59DDDA #595CDD

monochromatic

#9C5B20 #CF792A #DD9859 #E7B88C #F2D7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#DD9859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#DD9859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9859

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9859	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 152, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.115 61.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb689',
    500: '#dd9859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9859;
$custom-light: #ebb689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.636,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73503,
    "c": 0.11493,
    "h": 61.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9859

secondary

#B0CAE2

accent

#77CE18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9859

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

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