#DD9F51#DD9F51

#DD9F51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.120 H 70.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9F51
RGB	rgb(221, 159, 81)
HSL	hsl(33, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(33, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, 15.18, 48.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 51.24, 72.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% 0.0403 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.12 70.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.7049, 40.7659, 13.3497)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9F51 #518FDD

analogous

#DD5951 #DD9F51 #D5DD51

triadic

#DD9F51 #51DD9F #9F51DD

tetradic

#DD9F51 #51DD59 #518FDD #DD51D5

square

#DD9F51 #51DD59 #518FDD #DD51D5

split-complementary

#DD9F51 #51D5DD #5951DD

monochromatic

#96611D #C98227 #DD9F51 #E7BB84 #F1D7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#DD9F51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#DD9F51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9F51

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9F51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9F51	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	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)

#B4A249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9f51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 159, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.120 70.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbb84',
    500: '#dd9f51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9f51;
$custom-light: #ecbb84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9f51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.429,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74708,
    "c": 0.11996,
    "h": 70.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9F51

secondary

#AAC2E0

accent

#8AEA3E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17110B

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9F51

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

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