#DD9962#DD9962

#DD9962 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.108 H 59.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9962
RGB	rgb(221, 153, 98)
HSL	hsl(27, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(27, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 55.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, 19.64, 38.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 43.58, 63.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% 0.0559 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.108 59)
XYZ	xyz(43.4172, 39.0399, 16.8017)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9962 #62A6DD

analogous

#DD6269 #DD9962 #DDD662

triadic

#DD9962 #62DD99 #9962DD

tetradic

#DD9962 #69DD62 #62A6DD #D662DD

square

#DD9962 #69DD62 #62A6DD #D662DD

split-complementary

#DD9962 #62DDD6 #6269DD

monochromatic

#A25C23 #D27830 #DD9962 #E8BA94 #F3DAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#DD9962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#DD9962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9962

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9962	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9F5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 153, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.108 59.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb790',
    500: '#dd9962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9962;
$custom-light: #ebb790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.829,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73815,
    "c": 0.10841,
    "h": 59
  },
  "luminance": 0.39036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9962

secondary

#B7D0E4

accent

#7CCC19

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9962

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

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