#DD996B#DD996B

#DD996B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.102 H 54.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD996B
RGB	rgb(221, 153, 107)
HSL	hsl(24, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(24, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 51.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, 20.41, 34.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 39.92, 59.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% 0.0593 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.102 54.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.8663, 39.2195, 19.1668)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD996B #6BAFDD

analogous

#DD6B76 #DD996B #DDD26B

triadic

#DD996B #6BDD99 #996BDD

tetradic

#DD996B #76DD6B #6BAFDD #D26BDD

square

#DD996B #76DD6B #6BAFDD #D26BDD

split-complementary

#DD996B #6BDDD2 #6B76DD

monochromatic

#A75A26 #D27739 #DD996B #E8BB9D #F4DECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#DD996B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#DD996B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD996B

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD996B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD996B	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9F67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAE6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd996b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 153, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.102 54.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb796',
    500: '#dd996b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd996b;
$custom-light: #ebb796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd996b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.211,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73958,
    "c": 0.10221,
    "h": 54.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD996B

secondary

#BED6E6

accent

#84CA1B

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD996B

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

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