#DDB399#DDB399

#DDB399 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.061 H 53.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB399
RGB	rgb(221, 179, 153)
HSL	hsl(23, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(23, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 30.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, 11.50, 19.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 22.24, 58.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% 0.0361 0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.061 53.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.6897, 49.9146, 37.0426)
Luminance	0.4991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB399 #99C3DD

analogous

#DD99A1 #DDB399 #DDD599

triadic

#DDB399 #99DDB3 #B399DD

tetradic

#DDB399 #A1DD99 #99C3DD #D599DD

square

#DDB399 #A1DD99 #99C3DD #D599DD

split-complementary

#DDB399 #99DDD5 #99A1DD

monochromatic

#BD6F3F #CE916B #DDB399 #ECD5C7 #F7EEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#DDB399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#DDB399 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB399

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB399	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BF99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9ACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 179, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.061 53.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c9b7',
    500: '#ddb399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb399;
$custom-light: #e8c9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.941,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79758,
    "c": 0.06057,
    "h": 53.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB399

secondary

#DDE8EE

accent

#84BD28

background

#FEFCFB

surface

#FDF8F6

border

#D5D1D0

text

#161311

muted

#848280

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB399

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

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