#DD995C#DD995C

#DD995C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.113 H 61.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD995C
RGB	rgb(221, 153, 92)
HSL	hsl(28, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(28, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 58.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, 19.18, 41.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 46.09, 65.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% 0.0537 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.113 61.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.1444, 38.9308, 15.3652)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD995C #5CA0DD

analogous

#DD5C60 #DD995C #DDDA5C

triadic

#DD995C #5CDD99 #995CDD

tetradic

#DD995C #60DD5C #5CA0DD #DA5CDD

square

#DD995C #60DD5C #5CA0DD #DA5CDD

split-complementary

#DD995C #5CDDDA #5C60DD

monochromatic

#9E5C21 #D0792B #DD995C #E8B98F #F2D8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#DD995C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#DD995C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD995C

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD995C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD995C	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd995c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 153, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.113 61.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb78b',
    500: '#dd995c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd995c;
$custom-light: #ebb78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd995c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.372,
    "s": 65.482,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73728,
    "c": 0.11263,
    "h": 61.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD995C

secondary

#B2CCE3

accent

#78CD18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD995C

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

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