#DDB59E#DDB59E

#DDB59E is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.056 H 51.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB59E
RGB	rgb(221, 181, 158)
HSL	hsl(22, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(22, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 28.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, 11.09, 17.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 20.43, 57.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% 0.035 0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.056 51.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.5151, 50.8907, 39.3978)
Luminance	0.5089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB59E #9EC6DD

analogous

#DD9EA7 #DDB59E #DDD59E

triadic

#DDB59E #9EDDB5 #B59EDD

tetradic

#DDB59E #A7DD9E #9EC6DD #D59EDD

square

#DDB59E #A7DD9E #9EC6DD #D59EDD

split-complementary

#DDB59E #9EDDD5 #9EA7DD

monochromatic

#BD7043 #CD9271 #DDB59E #EDD8CB #F7EEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DDB59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#DDB59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB59E

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB59E	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B89C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C09E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 181, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.056 51.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cbba',
    500: '#ddb59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb59e;
$custom-light: #e8cbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.905,
    "s": 48.092,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80257,
    "c": 0.05628,
    "h": 51.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB59E

secondary

#6A9AB5

accent

#86BB2A

background

#FEFDFD

surface

#FDF9F8

border

#D5D2D1

text

#161311

muted

#848281

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB59E

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

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