#DD997E#DD997E

#DD997E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.091 H 42.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD997E
RGB	rgb(221, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(17, 58%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(17, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 43%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, 22.26, 24.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 33.06, 47.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% 0.0668 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.091 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.9779, 39.6642, 25.0216)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD997E #7EC2DD

analogous

#DD7E92 #DD997E #DDC97E

triadic

#DD997E #7EDD99 #997EDD

tetradic

#DD997E #92DD7E #7EC2DD #C97EDD

square

#DD997E #92DD7E #7EC2DD #C97EDD

split-complementary

#DD997E #7EDDC9 #7E92DD

monochromatic

#B2542F #D0734E #DD997E #EABFAE #F7E6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DD997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#DD997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD997E

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD997E	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA07C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAF7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED8E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.091 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab7a3',
    500: '#dd997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd997e;
$custom-light: #eab7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.053,
    "s": 58.282,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7431,
    "c": 0.09057,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD997E

secondary

#CDE2EA

accent

#97C620

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#16110F

muted

#84807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD997E

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

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