#DDB299#DDB299

#DDB299 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.061 H 51.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB299
RGB	rgb(221, 178, 153)
HSL	hsl(22, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(22, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 30.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.77, 12.03, 18.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.77, 22.23, 57.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% 0.0377 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.061 51.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.4900, 49.5152, 36.9760)
Luminance	0.4951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB299 #99C4DD

analogous

#DD99A2 #DDB299 #DDD499

triadic

#DDB299 #99DDB2 #B299DD

tetradic

#DDB299 #A2DD99 #99C4DD #D499DD

square

#DDB299 #A2DD99 #99C4DD #D499DD

split-complementary

#DDB299 #99DDD4 #99A2DD

monochromatic

#BD6D3F #CE8F6B #DDB299 #ECD5C7 #F7EEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#DDB299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#DDB299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB299

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB299	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BE99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 178, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.061 51.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c9b7',
    500: '#ddb299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb299;
$custom-light: #e8c9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.059,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79566,
    "c": 0.06087,
    "h": 51.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB299

secondary

#DDE8EE

accent

#86BD28

background

#FEFCFB

surface

#FDF8F6

border

#D5D1D0

text

#161311

muted

#848280

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB299

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

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