#DDB59F#DDB59F

#DDB59F is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.056 H 50.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB59F
RGB	rgb(221, 181, 159)
HSL	hsl(21, 48%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(21, 28%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 28.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, 11.23, 16.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 20.08, 56.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.28% 0.0354 0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(80.28% 0.056 50.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.6015, 50.9253, 39.8530)
Luminance	0.5092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB59F #9FC7DD

analogous

#DD9FA8 #DDB59F #DDD49F

triadic

#DDB59F #9FDDB5 #B59FDD

tetradic

#DDB59F #A8DD9F #9FC7DD #D49FDD

square

#DDB59F #A8DD9F #9FC7DD #D49FDD

split-complementary

#DDB59F #9FDDD4 #9FA8DD

monochromatic

#BD6F45 #CD9272 #DDB59F #EDD8CC #F7EEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DDB59F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#DDB59F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB59F

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB59F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB59F	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)

#C0B89E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C09F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8AEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb59f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 181, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.056 50.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cbbb',
    500: '#ddb59f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb59f;
$custom-light: #e8cbbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb59f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.29,
    "s": 47.692,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8028,
    "c": 0.05555,
    "h": 50.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB59F

secondary

#6B9BB5

accent

#88BB2B

background

#FEFDFD

surface

#FDF9F8

border

#D5D2D1

text

#161311

muted

#848281

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB59F

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

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