#DDB59D#DDB59D

#DDB59D is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.057 H 52.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB59D
RGB	rgb(221, 181, 157)
HSL	hsl(23, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(23, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 29%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, 10.96, 17.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 20.79, 58.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.23% 0.0346 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(80.23% 0.057 52.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.4293, 50.8564, 38.9463)
Luminance	0.5085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB59D #9DC5DD

analogous

#DD9DA5 #DDB59D #DDD59D

triadic

#DDB59D #9DDDB5 #B59DDD

tetradic

#DDB59D #A5DD9D #9DC5DD #D59DDD

square

#DDB59D #A5DD9D #9DC5DD #D59DDD

split-complementary

#DDB59D #9DDDD5 #9DA5DD

monochromatic

#BD7042 #CD9370 #DDB59D #EDD7CA #F7EEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DDB59D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#DDB59D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB59D

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB59D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB59D	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B89B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C09D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 181, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.057 52.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cbba',
    500: '#ddb59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb59d;
$custom-light: #e8cbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 48.485,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80234,
    "c": 0.05701,
    "h": 52.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB59D

secondary

#6999B5

accent

#85BC2A

background

#FEFDFD

surface

#FDF9F8

border

#D5D2D1

text

#161311

muted

#848281

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB59D

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

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