#DD9951#DD9951

#DD9951 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.120 H 65.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9951
RGB	rgb(221, 153, 81)
HSL	hsl(31, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(31, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, 18.40, 47.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 50.75, 68.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% 0.0498 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.12 65.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.6980, 38.7522, 13.0141)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9951 #5195DD

analogous

#DD5351 #DD9951 #DBDD51

triadic

#DD9951 #51DD99 #9951DD

tetradic

#DD9951 #51DD53 #5195DD #DD51DB

square

#DD9951 #51DD53 #5195DD #DD51DB

split-complementary

#DD9951 #51DBDD #5351DD

monochromatic

#965C1D #C97B27 #DD9951 #E7B784 #F1D5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#DD9951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#DD9951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9951

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9951	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 153, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.120 65.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb784',
    500: '#dd9951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9951;
$custom-light: #ecb784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.857,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73586,
    "c": 0.12026,
    "h": 65.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9951

secondary

#AAC4E0

accent

#91EA3E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9951

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

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