#DDB596#DDB596

#DDB596 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.063 H 59.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB596
RGB	rgb(221, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(26, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(26, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 32.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, 10.05, 21.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 23.50, 64.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% 0.0318 0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.063 59.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.8488, 50.6242, 35.8886)
Luminance	0.5062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB596 #96BEDD

analogous

#DD969A #DDB596 #DDD896

triadic

#DDB596 #96DDB5 #B596DD

tetradic

#DDB596 #9ADD96 #96BEDD #D896DD

square

#DDB596 #9ADD96 #96BEDD #D896DD

split-complementary

#DDB596 #96DDD8 #969ADD

monochromatic

#BC743D #CE9468 #DDB596 #ECD6C4 #F8EFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#DDB596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#DDB596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB596

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB596	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B794

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC096

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9ADAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.063 59.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cbb5',
    500: '#ddb596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb596;
$custom-light: #e8cbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.197,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80077,
    "c": 0.06266,
    "h": 59.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB596

secondary

#6291B5

accent

#7CBE27

background

#FEFDFD

surface

#FDF9F8

border

#D5D2D1

text

#161311

muted

#848281

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB596

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

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