#DD9A51#DD9A51

#DD9A51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.120 H 66.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9A51
RGB	rgb(221, 154, 81)
HSL	hsl(31, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(31, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, 17.87, 47.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 50.81, 69.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% 0.0482 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.12 66.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.8624, 39.0810, 13.0689)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9A51 #5194DD

analogous

#DD5451 #DD9A51 #DADD51

triadic

#DD9A51 #51DD9A #9A51DD

tetradic

#DD9A51 #51DD54 #5194DD #DD51DA

square

#DD9A51 #51DD54 #5194DD #DD51DA

split-complementary

#DD9A51 #51DADD #5451DD

monochromatic

#965C1D #C97C27 #DD9A51 #E7B884 #F1D5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#DD9A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#DD9A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9A51

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9A51	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 154, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.120 66.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb784',
    500: '#dd9a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9a51;
$custom-light: #ecb784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.286,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73771,
    "c": 0.12015,
    "h": 66.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9A51

secondary

#AAC4E0

accent

#90EA3E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9A51

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

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