#DD995B#DD995B

#DD995B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.113 H 61.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD995B
RGB	rgb(221, 153, 91)
HSL	hsl(29, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(29, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 58.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, 19.10, 42.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 46.51, 65.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% 0.0533 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.113 61.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.1010, 38.9134, 15.1365)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD995B #5B9FDD

analogous

#DD5B5E #DD995B #DDDA5B

triadic

#DD995B #5BDD99 #995BDD

tetradic

#DD995B #5EDD5B #5B9FDD #DA5BDD

square

#DD995B #5EDD5B #5B9FDD #DA5BDD

split-complementary

#DD995B #5BDDDA #5B5EDD

monochromatic

#9D5C21 #D07A2B #DD995B #E8B98E #F2D8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#DD995B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#DD995B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD995B

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD995B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD995B	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)

#AE9E55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd995b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 153, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.113 61.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb78b',
    500: '#dd995b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd995b;
$custom-light: #ebb78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd995b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.615,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73715,
    "c": 0.11333,
    "h": 61.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD995B

secondary

#B1CBE2

accent

#77CE18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD995B

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

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