#DD9957#DD9957

#DD9957 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.116 H 63.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9957
RGB	rgb(221, 153, 87)
HSL	hsl(30, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(30, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, 18.81, 44.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 48.21, 67.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% 0.0519 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.116 63.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.9330, 38.8462, 14.2519)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9957 #579BDD

analogous

#DD5758 #DD9957 #DDDC57

triadic

#DD9957 #57DD99 #9957DD

tetradic

#DD9957 #58DD57 #579BDD #DC57DD

square

#DD9957 #58DD57 #579BDD #DC57DD

split-complementary

#DD9957 #57DDDC #5758DD

monochromatic

#9A5C1F #CD7A2A #DD9957 #E7B88A #F2D7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#DD9957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#DD9957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9957

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9957	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	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)

#AE9E51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 153, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.116 63.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb788',
    500: '#dd9957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9957;
$custom-light: #ebb788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.552,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73661,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 63.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9957

secondary

#AEC8E1

accent

#74CE17

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9957

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

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