#DD9E51#DD9E51

#DD9E51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.120 H 69.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9E51
RGB	rgb(221, 158, 81)
HSL	hsl(33, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(33, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, 15.72, 48.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 51.14, 72.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% 0.0419 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.12 69.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5336, 40.4234, 13.2927)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9E51 #5190DD

analogous

#DD5851 #DD9E51 #D6DD51

triadic

#DD9E51 #51DD9E #9E51DD

tetradic

#DD9E51 #51DD58 #5190DD #DD51D6

square

#DD9E51 #51DD58 #5190DD #DD51D6

split-complementary

#DD9E51 #51D6DD #5851DD

monochromatic

#96601D #C98127 #DD9E51 #E7BB84 #F1D7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#DD9E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#DD9E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9E51

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9E51	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)

#B3A249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 158, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.120 69.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecba84',
    500: '#dd9e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9e51;
$custom-light: #ecba84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74519,
    "c": 0.11995,
    "h": 69.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9E51

secondary

#AAC2E0

accent

#8BEA3E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9E51

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

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