#DD9C73#DD9C73

#DD9C73 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.096 H 53.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9C73
RGB	rgb(221, 156, 115)
HSL	hsl(23, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(23, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 48%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, 19.53, 31.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 36.73, 57.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% 0.0576 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.096 53)
XYZ	xyz(44.8040, 40.3901, 21.6526)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9C73 #73B4DD

analogous

#DD737F #DD9C73 #DDD173

triadic

#DD9C73 #73DD9C #9C73DD

tetradic

#DD9C73 #7FDD73 #73B4DD #D173DD

square

#DD9C73 #7FDD73 #73B4DD #D173DD

split-complementary

#DD9C73 #73DDD1 #737FDD

monochromatic

#AC5C2A #D17942 #DD9C73 #E9BFA4 #F5E2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#DD9C73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#DD9C73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9C73

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9C73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9C73	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB073

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9c73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 156, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.096 53.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eab99b',
    500: '#dd9c73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9c73;
$custom-light: #eab99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9c73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.208,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74649,
    "c": 0.09562,
    "h": 53
  },
  "luminance": 0.40387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9C73

secondary

#C4DAE7

accent

#86C91D

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16110E

muted

#84807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9C73

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

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