#DD9E69#DD9E69

#DD9E69 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.102 H 60.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9E69
RGB	rgb(221, 158, 105)
HSL	hsl(27, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(27, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.5%, 52.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, 17.54, 36.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 40.80, 64.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% 0.0505 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.102 60.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.5978, 40.8491, 18.8976)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9E69 #69A8DD

analogous

#DD696E #DD9E69 #DDD869

triadic

#DD9E69 #69DD9E #9E69DD

tetradic

#DD9E69 #6EDD69 #69A8DD #D869DD

square

#DD9E69 #6EDD69 #69A8DD #D869DD

split-complementary

#DD9E69 #69DDD8 #696EDD

monochromatic

#A66026 #D27E37 #DD9E69 #E8BE9B #F4DFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#DD9E69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#DD9E69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9E69

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9E69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9E69	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A365

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9e69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 158, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.102 60.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebba95',
    500: '#dd9e69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9e69;
$custom-light: #ebba95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9e69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.414,
    "s": 63.043,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7485,
    "c": 0.10217,
    "h": 60.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9E69

secondary

#BDD3E5

accent

#7ACB1B

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F1

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9E69

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

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