#DD9D51#DD9D51

#DD9D51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.120 H 68.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9D51
RGB	rgb(221, 157, 81)
HSL	hsl(33, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(33, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, 16.26, 48.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 51.05, 71.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% 0.0435 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.12 68.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3637, 40.0836, 13.2360)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9D51 #5191DD

analogous

#DD5751 #DD9D51 #D7DD51

triadic

#DD9D51 #51DD9D #9D51DD

tetradic

#DD9D51 #51DD57 #5191DD #DD51D7

square

#DD9D51 #51DD57 #5191DD #DD51D7

split-complementary

#DD9D51 #51D7DD #5751DD

monochromatic

#965F1D #C97F27 #DD9D51 #E7BA84 #F1D7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#DD9D51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#DD9D51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9D51

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9D51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9D51	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9d51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 157, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.120 68.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecba84',
    500: '#dd9d51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9d51;
$custom-light: #ecba84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9d51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.571,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74332,
    "c": 0.11996,
    "h": 68.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9D51

secondary

#AAC3E0

accent

#8DEA3E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9D51

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

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