#DD996E#DD996E

#DD996E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.100 H 52.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD996E
RGB	rgb(221, 153, 110)
HSL	hsl(23, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(23, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 50.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, 20.68, 32.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 38.74, 57.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% 0.0605 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.1 52.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.0268, 39.2838, 20.0125)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD996E #6EB2DD

analogous

#DD6E7B #DD996E #DDD06E

triadic

#DD996E #6EDD99 #996EDD

tetradic

#DD996E #7BDD6E #6EB2DD #D06EDD

square

#DD996E #7BDD6E #6EB2DD #D06EDD

split-complementary

#DD996E #6EDDD0 #6E7BDD

monochromatic

#A95A28 #D1763C #DD996E #E9BCA0 #F4DFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#DD996E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#DD996E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD996E

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD996E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD996E	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9F6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAE6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd996e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 153, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.100 52.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab798',
    500: '#dd996e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd996e;
$custom-light: #eab798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd996e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.243,
    "s": 62.011,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74009,
    "c": 0.1002,
    "h": 52.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD996E

secondary

#C0D8E6

accent

#86CA1C

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD996E

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

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