#DD9970#DD9970

#DD9970 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.099 H 51.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9970
RGB	rgb(221, 153, 112)
HSL	hsl(23, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(23, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 49.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, 20.86, 31.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 37.97, 56.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% 0.0612 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.099 51.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.1370, 39.3278, 20.5925)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9970 #70B4DD

analogous

#DD707D #DD9970 #DDD070

triadic

#DD9970 #70DD99 #9970DD

tetradic

#DD9970 #7DDD70 #70B4DD #D070DD

square

#DD9970 #7DDD70 #70B4DD #D070DD

split-complementary

#DD9970 #70DDD0 #707DDD

monochromatic

#AA5928 #D1763F #DD9970 #E9BCA1 #F5E0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#DD9970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#DD9970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9970

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9970	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)

#ACA06D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAE70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 153, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.099 51.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab799',
    500: '#dd9970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9970;
$custom-light: #eab799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.569,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74044,
    "c": 0.09889,
    "h": 51.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9970

secondary

#C2D9E7

accent

#88C91C

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9970

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

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