#DD9D57#DD9D57

#DD9D57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.116 H 66.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9D57
RGB	rgb(221, 157, 87)
HSL	hsl(31, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(31, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, 16.66, 45.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 48.46, 69.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% 0.0455 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.116 66.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.5987, 40.1776, 14.4738)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9D57 #5797DD

analogous

#DD5A57 #DD9D57 #DADD57

triadic

#DD9D57 #57DD9D #9D57DD

tetradic

#DD9D57 #57DD5A #5797DD #DD57DA

square

#DD9D57 #57DD5A #5797DD #DD57DA

split-complementary

#DD9D57 #57DADD #5A57DD

monochromatic

#9A601F #CD7F2A #DD9D57 #E7BB8A #F2D8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#DD9D57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#DD9D57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9D57

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9D57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9D57	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9d57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 157, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.116 66.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebba88',
    500: '#dd9d57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9d57;
$custom-light: #ebba88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9d57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.343,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74405,
    "c": 0.11566,
    "h": 66.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9D57

secondary

#AEC7E1

accent

#6FCE17

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9D57

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

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