#DDA591#DDA591

#DDA591 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.072 H 40.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA591
RGB	rgb(221, 165, 145)
HSL	hsl(16, 53%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(16, 34%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 34.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, 18.00, 18.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 25.76, 45.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% 0.0551 0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.072 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.3862, 44.3295, 32.7904)
Luminance	0.4433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA591 #91C9DD

analogous

#DD91A3 #DDA591 #DDCB91

triadic

#DDA591 #91DDA5 #A591DD

tetradic

#DDA591 #A3DD91 #91C9DD #CB91DD

square

#DDA591 #A3DD91 #91C9DD #CB91DD

split-complementary

#DDA591 #91DDCB #91A3DD

monochromatic

#BA5B3A #CF7F62 #DDA591 #EBCBC0 #F8ECE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#DDA591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#DDA591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA591

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA591	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AB90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B691

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EB9DA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 165, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.072 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bfb1',
    500: '#dda591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda591;
$custom-light: #e9bfb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.789,
    "s": 52.778,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76927,
    "c": 0.07247,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA591

secondary

#DBE9EF

accent

#97C025

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF7F5

border

#D5D0CF

text

#161210

muted

#84817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA591

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

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