#DDB59C#DDB59C

#DDB59C is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.058 H 53.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB59C
RGB	rgb(221, 181, 156)
HSL	hsl(23, 49%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(23, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 29.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, 10.83, 18.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 21.16, 59.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% 0.0342 0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.058 53.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.3443, 50.8224, 38.4985)
Luminance	0.5082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB59C #9CC4DD

analogous

#DD9CA4 #DDB59C #DDD69C

triadic

#DDB59C #9CDDB5 #B59CDD

tetradic

#DDB59C #A4DD9C #9CC4DD #D69CDD

square

#DDB59C #A4DD9C #9CC4DD #D69CDD

split-complementary

#DDB59C #9CDDD6 #9CA4DD

monochromatic

#BE7141 #CD936E #DDB59C #EDD7CA #F7EEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DDB59C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#DDB59C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB59C

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB59C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB59C	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)

#C0B89A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC09C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb59c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 181, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.058 53.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cbb9',
    500: '#ddb59c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb59c;
$custom-light: #e8cbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb59c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.077,
    "s": 48.872,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80211,
    "c": 0.05777,
    "h": 53.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB59C

secondary

#6897B5

accent

#84BC29

background

#FEFDFD

surface

#FDF9F8

border

#D5D2D1

text

#161311

muted

#848281

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB59C

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

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