#DDB697#DDB697

#DDB697 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.062 H 60.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB697
RGB	rgb(221, 182, 151)
HSL	hsl(27, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(27, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 31.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, 9.64, 21.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 23.18, 65.42°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% 0.0307 0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.062 60.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.1337, 51.0647, 36.3825)
Luminance	0.5106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB697 #97BEDD

analogous

#DD979B #DDB697 #DDD997

triadic

#DDB697 #97DDB6 #B697DD

tetradic

#DDB697 #9BDD97 #97BEDD #D997DD

square

#DDB697 #9BDD97 #97BEDD #D997DD

split-complementary

#DDB697 #97DDD9 #979BDD

monochromatic

#BC763D #CE9669 #DDB697 #ECD6C5 #F7EFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#DDB697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#DDB697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB697

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB697	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B895

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 182, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.062 60.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cbb5',
    500: '#ddb697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb697;
$custom-light: #e8cbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.571,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80293,
    "c": 0.06173,
    "h": 60.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB697

secondary

#6391B5

accent

#7BBE27

background

#FEFDFD

surface

#FDF9F8

border

#D5D2D1

text

#161311

muted

#848281

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB697

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

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