#DD9F5B#DD9F5B

#DD9F5B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.113 H 67.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DD9F5B
RGB	rgb(221, 159, 91)
HSL	hsl(31, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(31, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 58.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, 15.88, 44.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 46.89, 70.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% 0.0437 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.113 67.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.1079, 40.9271, 15.4721)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DD9F5B #5B99DD

analogous

#DD5E5B #DD9F5B #DADD5B

triadic

#DD9F5B #5BDD9F #9F5BDD

tetradic

#DD9F5B #5BDD5E #5B99DD #DD5BDA

square

#DD9F5B #5BDD5E #5B99DD #DD5BDA

split-complementary

#DD9F5B #5BDADD #5E5BDD

monochromatic

#9D6221 #D0812B #DD9F5B #E8BD8E #F2DAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#DD9F5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#DD9F5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DD9F5B

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DD9F5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DD9F5B	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dd9f5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 159, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.113 67.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbb8b',
    500: '#dd9f5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dd9f5b;
$custom-light: #ebbb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dd9f5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.385,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74833,
    "c": 0.1126,
    "h": 67.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DD9F5B

secondary

#B1C9E2

accent

#6FCE18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DD9F5B

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

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