#DDB59B#DDB59B

#DDB59B is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.059 H 54.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB59B
RGB	rgb(221, 181, 155)
HSL	hsl(24, 49%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(24, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 29.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, 10.69, 18.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 21.53, 60.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% 0.0338 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.059 54.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.2600, 50.7887, 38.0544)
Luminance	0.5079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB59B #9BC3DD

analogous

#DD9BA2 #DDB59B #DDD69B

triadic

#DDB59B #9BDDB5 #B59BDD

tetradic

#DDB59B #A2DD9B #9BC3DD #D69BDD

square

#DDB59B #A2DD9B #9BC3DD #D69BDD

split-complementary

#DDB59B #9BDDD6 #9BA2DD

monochromatic

#BD7240 #CD936D #DDB59B #EDD7C9 #F7EEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DDB59B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#DDB59B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB59B

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB59B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB59B	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC09B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb59b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 181, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.059 54.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cbb8',
    500: '#ddb59b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb59b;
$custom-light: #e8cbb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb59b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.636,
    "s": 49.254,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80188,
    "c": 0.05855,
    "h": 54.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB59B

secondary

#6796B5

accent

#82BD29

background

#FEFDFD

surface

#FDF9F8

border

#D5D2D1

text

#161311

muted

#848281

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB59B

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

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