#DD9E63#DD9E63

#DD9E63 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.107 H 63.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9E63
RGB	rgb(221, 158, 99)
HSL	hsl(29, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(29, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 55.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, 17.04, 39.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 43.35, 66.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% 0.0482 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.107 63.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.3003, 40.7300, 17.3304)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9E63 #63A2DD

analogous

#DD6365 #DD9E63 #DDDB63

triadic

#DD9E63 #63DD9E #9E63DD

tetradic

#DD9E63 #65DD63 #63A2DD #DB63DD

square

#DD9E63 #65DD63 #63A2DD #DB63DD

split-complementary

#DD9E63 #63DDDB #6365DD

monochromatic

#A26123 #D27F31 #DD9E63 #E8BD95 #F3DCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#DD9E63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#DD9E63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9E63

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9E63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9E63	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A35E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9e63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 158, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.107 63.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebba90',
    500: '#dd9e63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9e63;
$custom-light: #ebba90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9e63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.016,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74758,
    "c": 0.10666,
    "h": 63.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9E63

secondary

#B8CFE4

accent

#76CC19

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110D

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9E63

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

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