#DD9C59#DD9C59

#DD9C59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.114 H 65.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9C59
RGB	rgb(221, 156, 89)
HSL	hsl(30, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(30, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, 17.34, 44.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 47.53, 68.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% 0.0478 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.114 65.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.5131, 39.8738, 14.8539)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9C59 #599ADD

analogous

#DD5A59 #DD9C59 #DCDD59

triadic

#DD9C59 #59DD9C #9C59DD

tetradic

#DD9C59 #59DD5A #599ADD #DD59DC

square

#DD9C59 #59DD5A #599ADD #DD59DC

split-complementary

#DD9C59 #59DCDD #5A59DD

monochromatic

#9C5F20 #CF7E2A #DD9C59 #E7BA8C #F2D9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#DD9C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#DD9C59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9C59

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9C59	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 156, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.114 65.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb98a',
    500: '#dd9c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9c59;
$custom-light: #ebb98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.455,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74244,
    "c": 0.11429,
    "h": 65.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9C59

secondary

#B0C9E2

accent

#71CE18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9C59

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

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