#DDA596#DDA596

#DDA596 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.070 H 35.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA596
RGB	rgb(221, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(13, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(13, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 32.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, 18.62, 15.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 24.46, 40.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% 0.0571 0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.07 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.7802, 44.4871, 34.8658)
Luminance	0.4448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA596 #96CEDD

analogous

#DD96AA #DDA596 #DDC896

triadic

#DDA596 #96DDA5 #A596DD

tetradic

#DDA596 #AADD96 #96CEDD #C896DD

square

#DDA596 #AADD96 #96CEDD #C896DD

split-complementary

#DDA596 #96DDC8 #96AADD

monochromatic

#BC583D #CE7D68 #DDA596 #ECCDC4 #F8EBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#DDA596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#DDA596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA596

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA596	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AB95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB696

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EA9DA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.070 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c0b4',
    500: '#dda596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda596;
$custom-light: #e9c0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.676,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77042,
    "c": 0.07014,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA596

secondary

#DCEBEF

accent

#9EBE27

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF7F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#161211

muted

#848180

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA596

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

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