#DD996D#DD996D

#DD996D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.101 H 53.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD996D
RGB	rgb(221, 153, 109)
HSL	hsl(24, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(24, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 50.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, 20.59, 33.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 39.13, 58.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% 0.0601 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.101 53.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.9727, 39.2621, 19.7274)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD996D #6DB1DD

analogous

#DD6D79 #DD996D #DDD16D

triadic

#DD996D #6DDD99 #996DDD

tetradic

#DD996D #79DD6D #6DB1DD #D16DDD

square

#DD996D #79DD6D #6DB1DD #D16DDD

split-complementary

#DD996D #6DDDD1 #6D79DD

monochromatic

#A85A27 #D1763B #DD996D #E9BC9F #F4DED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#DD996D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#DD996D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD996D

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD996D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD996D	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)

#AC9F6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAE6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd996d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 153, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.101 53.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb797',
    500: '#dd996d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd996d;
$custom-light: #ebb797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd996d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.571,
    "s": 62.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73992,
    "c": 0.10087,
    "h": 53.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD996D

secondary

#C0D7E6

accent

#85CA1C

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD996D

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

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