#DD9961#DD9961

#DD9961 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.109 H 59.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9961
RGB	rgb(221, 153, 97)
HSL	hsl(27, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(27, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 56.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, 19.56, 39.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 43.99, 63.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% 0.0555 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.109 59.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.3703, 39.0211, 16.5546)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9961 #61A5DD

analogous

#DD6167 #DD9961 #DDD761

triadic

#DD9961 #61DD99 #9961DD

tetradic

#DD9961 #67DD61 #61A5DD #D761DD

square

#DD9961 #67DD61 #61A5DD #D761DD

split-complementary

#DD9961 #61DDD7 #6167DD

monochromatic

#A15C23 #D2782F #DD9961 #E8BA93 #F3DAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#DD9961 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#DD9961 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9961

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9961	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9961	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9F5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9961;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 153, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.109 59.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb78f',
    500: '#dd9961',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9961;
$custom-light: #ebb78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9961",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.097,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73801,
    "c": 0.10912,
    "h": 59.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9961

secondary

#B6CFE4

accent

#7BCC19

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9961

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

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