#DD9B56#DD9B56

#DD9B56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.117 H 65.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9B56
RGB	rgb(221, 155, 86)
HSL	hsl(31, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(31, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, 17.67, 45.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 48.75, 68.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% 0.0483 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.117 65.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.2226, 39.4902, 14.1482)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9B56 #5698DD

analogous

#DD5856 #DD9B56 #DBDD56

triadic

#DD9B56 #56DD9B #9B56DD

tetradic

#DD9B56 #56DD58 #5698DD #DD56DB

square

#DD9B56 #56DD58 #5698DD #DD56DB

split-complementary

#DD9B56 #56DBDD #5856DD

monochromatic

#9A5E1F #CD7D29 #DD9B56 #E7B989 #F2D7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#DD9B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#DD9B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9B56

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9B56	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 155, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.117 65.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb887',
    500: '#dd9b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9b56;
$custom-light: #ebb887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.667,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74019,
    "c": 0.11655,
    "h": 65.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9B56

secondary

#AEC7E1

accent

#71CE17

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9B56

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

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