#DD9E52#DD9E52

#DD9E52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.119 H 69.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9E52
RGB	rgb(221, 158, 82)
HSL	hsl(33, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(33, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 62.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, 15.79, 48.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 50.71, 71.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% 0.0422 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.119 69.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.5714, 40.4385, 13.4916)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9E52 #5291DD

analogous

#DD5952 #DD9E52 #D6DD52

triadic

#DD9E52 #52DD9E #9E52DD

tetradic

#DD9E52 #52DD59 #5291DD #DD52D6

square

#DD9E52 #52DD59 #5291DD #DD52D6

split-complementary

#DD9E52 #52D6DD #5952DD

monochromatic

#97601E #CA8028 #DD9E52 #E7BB85 #F1D7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#DD9E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#DD9E52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9E52

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9E52	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF8F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 158, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.119 69.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecba85',
    500: '#dd9e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9e52;
$custom-light: #ecba85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.806,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74531,
    "c": 0.11924,
    "h": 69.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9E52

secondary

#AAC3E0

accent

#8CEA3E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9E52

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

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