#DD985C#DD985C

#DD985C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.113 H 60.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD985C
RGB	rgb(221, 152, 92)
HSL	hsl(28, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(28, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 58.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, 19.71, 41.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 46.06, 64.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% 0.0553 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.113 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.9815, 38.6048, 15.3109)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD985C #5CA1DD

analogous

#DD5C61 #DD985C #DDD95C

triadic

#DD985C #5CDD98 #985CDD

tetradic

#DD985C #61DD5C #5CA1DD #D95CDD

square

#DD985C #61DD5C #5CA1DD #D95CDD

split-complementary

#DD985C #5CDDD9 #5C61DD

monochromatic

#9E5B21 #D0782B #DD985C #E8B88F #F2D8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#DD985C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#DD985C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD985C

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD985C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD985C	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9E57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd985c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 152, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.113 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb68b',
    500: '#dd985c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd985c;
$custom-light: #ebb68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd985c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.907,
    "s": 65.482,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73544,
    "c": 0.11285,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD985C

secondary

#B2CCE3

accent

#79CD18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD985C

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

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