#DD9C50#DD9C50

#DD9C50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.121 H 68.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9C50
RGB	rgb(221, 156, 80)
HSL	hsl(32, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(32, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, 16.73, 48.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 51.39, 71.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% 0.0447 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.121 68.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.1580, 39.7318, 12.9838)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9C50 #5091DD

analogous

#DD5650 #DD9C50 #D8DD50

triadic

#DD9C50 #50DD9C #9C50DD

tetradic

#DD9C50 #50DD56 #5091DD #DD50D8

square

#DD9C50 #50DD56 #5091DD #DD50D8

split-complementary

#DD9C50 #50D8DD #5650DD

monochromatic

#965E1D #C97E27 #DD9C50 #E7B983 #F1D6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#DD9C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#DD9C50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9C50

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9C50	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 156, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.121 68.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecb984',
    500: '#dd9c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9c50;
$custom-light: #ecb984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.34,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74133,
    "c": 0.1207,
    "h": 68.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9C50

secondary

#A9C2E0

accent

#8DEA3D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9C50

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

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