#DDB172#DDB172

#DDB172 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.095 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB172
RGB	rgb(221, 177, 114)
HSL	hsl(35, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(35, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 48.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, 8.19, 38.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 39.03, 77.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% 0.0238 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.095 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.5802, 48.0341, 22.6290)
Luminance	0.4803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB172 #729EDD

analogous

#DD7B72 #DDB172 #D3DD72

triadic

#DDB172 #72DDB1 #B172DD

tetradic

#DDB172 #72DD7B #729EDD #DD72D3

square

#DDB172 #72DD7B #729EDD #DD72D3

split-complementary

#DDB172 #72D3DD #7B72DD

monochromatic

#AB7629 #D19641 #DDB172 #E9CCA3 #F5E8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#DDB172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#DDB172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB172

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB172	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B26D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBD74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 177, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.095 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac89b',
    500: '#ddb172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb172;
$custom-light: #eac89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.327,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78622,
    "c": 0.09544,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB172

secondary

#C4D2E7

accent

#63C91D

background

#FEFCF9

surface

#FDF8F2

border

#D5D1CC

text

#16130E

muted

#84827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB172

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

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