#DD9974#DD9974

#DD9974 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.096 H 49.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9974
RGB	rgb(221, 153, 116)
HSL	hsl(21, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(21, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 47.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, 21.24, 29.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 36.48, 54.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% 0.0628 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.096 49.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.3646, 39.4189, 21.7916)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9974 #74B8DD

analogous

#DD7483 #DD9974 #DDCD74

triadic

#DD9974 #74DD99 #9974DD

tetradic

#DD9974 #83DD74 #74B8DD #CD74DD

square

#DD9974 #83DD74 #74B8DD #CD74DD

split-complementary

#DD9974 #74DDCD #7483DD

monochromatic

#AC582A #D17543 #DD9974 #E9BDA5 #F5E1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DD9974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#DD9974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9974

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9974	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAE74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE8D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 153, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.096 49.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab79c',
    500: '#dd9974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9974;
$custom-light: #eab79c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.143,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74117,
    "c": 0.09635,
    "h": 49.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9974

secondary

#C5DBE8

accent

#8CC81D

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16110E

muted

#84807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9974

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

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