#DD9C5C#DD9C5C

#DD9C5C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.112 H 64.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9C5C
RGB	rgb(221, 156, 92)
HSL	hsl(30, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(30, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 58.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, 17.56, 42.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 46.24, 67.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% 0.0489 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.112 64.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.6416, 39.9252, 15.5310)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9C5C #5C9DDD

analogous

#DD5C5D #DD9C5C #DDDC5C

triadic

#DD9C5C #5CDD9C #9C5CDD

tetradic

#DD9C5C #5DDD5C #5C9DDD #DC5CDD

square

#DD9C5C #5DDD5C #5C9DDD #DC5CDD

split-complementary

#DD9C5C #5CDDDC #5C5DDD

monochromatic

#9E5F21 #D07D2B #DD9C5C #E8BB8F #F2DAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#DD9C5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#DD9C5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9C5C

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9C5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9C5C	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9c5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 156, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.112 64.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb98c',
    500: '#dd9c5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9c5c;
$custom-light: #ebb98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9c5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.767,
    "s": 65.482,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74285,
    "c": 0.11212,
    "h": 64.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9C5C

secondary

#B2CBE3

accent

#73CD18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9C5C

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

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