#DD996C#DD996C

#DD996C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.102 H 54.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD996C
RGB	rgb(221, 153, 108)
HSL	hsl(24, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(24, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 51.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, 20.50, 33.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 39.52, 58.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% 0.0597 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.102 54)
XYZ	xyz(43.9192, 39.2407, 19.4455)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD996C #6CB0DD

analogous

#DD6C78 #DD996C #DDD26C

triadic

#DD996C #6CDD99 #996CDD

tetradic

#DD996C #78DD6C #6CB0DD #D26CDD

square

#DD996C #78DD6C #6CB0DD #D26CDD

split-complementary

#DD996C #6CDDD2 #6C78DD

monochromatic

#A85A27 #D2773A #DD996C #E8BB9E #F4DECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#DD996C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#DD996C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD996C

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD996C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD996C	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9F68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAE6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd996c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 153, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.102 54.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb796',
    500: '#dd996c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd996c;
$custom-light: #ebb796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd996c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.894,
    "s": 62.431,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73975,
    "c": 0.10153,
    "h": 54
  },
  "luminance": 0.39237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD996C

secondary

#BFD6E6

accent

#85CA1B

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD996C

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

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