#DD997B#DD997B

#DD997B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.092 H 44.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD997B
RGB	rgb(221, 153, 123)
HSL	hsl(18, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(18, 44%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 44.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 21.95, 26.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 34.03, 49.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% 0.0656 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.092 44.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.7873, 39.5879, 24.0174)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD997B #7BBFDD

analogous

#DD7B8E #DD997B #DDCA7B

triadic

#DD997B #7BDD99 #997BDD

tetradic

#DD997B #8EDD7B #7BBFDD #CA7BDD

square

#DD997B #8EDD7B #7BBFDD #CA7BDD

split-complementary

#DD997B #7BDDCA #7B8EDD

monochromatic

#B0552D #D0734A #DD997B #EABFAC #F6E4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DD997B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#DD997B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD997B

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD997B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD997B	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA079

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAF7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED8E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd997b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 153, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.092 44.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab7a1',
    500: '#dd997b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd997b;
$custom-light: #eab7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd997b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.367,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7425,
    "c": 0.0922,
    "h": 44.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD997B

secondary

#CBE0E9

accent

#93C71F

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16110F

muted

#84807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD997B

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

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