#DD9C55#DD9C55

#DD9C55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.117 H 66.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9C55
RGB	rgb(221, 156, 85)
HSL	hsl(31, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(31, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, 17.06, 46.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 49.25, 69.73°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% 0.0464 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.117 66.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.3497, 39.8084, 13.9932)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9C55 #5596DD

analogous

#DD5855 #DD9C55 #DADD55

triadic

#DD9C55 #55DD9C #9C55DD

tetradic

#DD9C55 #55DD58 #5596DD #DD55DA

square

#DD9C55 #55DD58 #5596DD #DD55DA

split-complementary

#DD9C55 #55DADD #5855DD

monochromatic

#995F1F #CC7E29 #DD9C55 #E7BA88 #F1D7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#DD9C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#DD9C55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9C55

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9C55	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 156, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.117 66.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb987',
    500: '#dd9c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9c55;
$custom-light: #ebb987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.324,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74193,
    "c": 0.11717,
    "h": 66.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9C55

secondary

#ADC6E1

accent

#90EA3E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6F0

border

#D6D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9C55

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

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