#DD9956#DD9956

#DD9956 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.117 H 63.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9956
RGB	rgb(221, 153, 86)
HSL	hsl(30, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(30, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, 18.74, 44.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 48.63, 67.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% 0.0515 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.117 63.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.8925, 38.8300, 14.0382)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9956 #569ADD

analogous

#DD5656 #DD9956 #DDDC56

triadic

#DD9956 #56DD99 #9956DD

tetradic

#DD9956 #56DD56 #569ADD #DC56DD

square

#DD9956 #56DD56 #569ADD #DC56DD

split-complementary

#DD9956 #56DDDC #5656DD

monochromatic

#9A5C1F #CD7A29 #DD9956 #E7B889 #F2D7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#DD9956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#DD9956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9956

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9956	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 153, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.117 63.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb787',
    500: '#dd9956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9956;
$custom-light: #ecb787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.778,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73648,
    "c": 0.11682,
    "h": 63.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9956

secondary

#AEC8E1

accent

#73CE17

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9956

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

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