#DD9959#DD9959

#DD9959 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.115 H 62.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9959
RGB	rgb(221, 153, 89)
HSL	hsl(29, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(29, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, 18.95, 43.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 47.36, 66.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% 0.0526 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.115 62.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.0159, 38.8794, 14.6882)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9959 #599DDD

analogous

#DD595B #DD9959 #DDDB59

triadic

#DD9959 #59DD99 #9959DD

tetradic

#DD9959 #5BDD59 #599DDD #DB59DD

square

#DD9959 #5BDD59 #599DDD #DB59DD

split-complementary

#DD9959 #59DDDB #595BDD

monochromatic

#9C5C20 #CF7A2A #DD9959 #E7B88C #F2D7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#DD9959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#DD9959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9959

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9959	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 153, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.115 62.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb789',
    500: '#dd9959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9959;
$custom-light: #ebb789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.091,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73687,
    "c": 0.11472,
    "h": 62.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9959

secondary

#B0CAE2

accent

#76CE18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9959

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

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