#DD9C5E#DD9C5E

#DD9C5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.111 H 63.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9C5E
RGB	rgb(221, 156, 94)
HSL	hsl(29, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(29, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 57.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, 17.72, 41.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 45.38, 67.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% 0.0496 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.111 63.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.7302, 39.9606, 15.9975)
Luminance	0.3996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9C5E #5E9FDD

analogous

#DD5E60 #DD9C5E #DDDB5E

triadic

#DD9C5E #5EDD9C #9C5EDD

tetradic

#DD9C5E #60DD5E #5E9FDD #DB5EDD

square

#DD9C5E #60DD5E #5E9FDD #DB5EDD

split-complementary

#DD9C5E #5EDDDB #5E60DD

monochromatic

#9F5F22 #D27D2C #DD9C5E #E8BB91 #F2DAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#DD9C5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#DD9C5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9C5E

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9C5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9C5E	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9c5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 156, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.111 63.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebb98d',
    500: '#dd9c5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9c5e;
$custom-light: #ebb98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9c5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.291,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74312,
    "c": 0.11065,
    "h": 63.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9C5E

secondary

#B4CCE3

accent

#75CD19

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9C5E

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

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