#DD9873#DD9873

#DD9873 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.097 H 48.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9873
RGB	rgb(221, 152, 115)
HSL	hsl(21, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(21, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 48%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, 21.69, 29.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 36.91, 54.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% 0.064 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.097 48.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.1438, 39.0698, 21.4326)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9873 #73B8DD

analogous

#DD7383 #DD9873 #DDCD73

triadic

#DD9873 #73DD98 #9873DD

tetradic

#DD9873 #83DD73 #73B8DD #CD73DD

square

#DD9873 #83DD73 #73B8DD #CD73DD

split-complementary

#DD9873 #73DDCD #7383DD

monochromatic

#AC572A #D17442 #DD9873 #E9BCA4 #F5E0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#DD9873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#DD9873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9873

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9873	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9F70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAE73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 152, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.097 48.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab69b',
    500: '#dd9873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9873;
$custom-light: #eab69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.943,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73916,
    "c": 0.09748,
    "h": 48.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9873

secondary

#C4DBE7

accent

#8DC91D

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9873

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

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