#DDB899#DDB899

#DDB899 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.060 H 61.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB899
RGB	rgb(221, 184, 153)
HSL	hsl(27, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(27, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 30.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.25, 8.83, 20.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.25, 22.54, 66.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.73% 0.0283 0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(80.73% 0.06 61.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.7100, 51.9552, 37.3827)
Luminance	0.5195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB899 #99BEDD

analogous

#DD999C #DDB899 #DDDA99

triadic

#DDB899 #99DDB8 #B899DD

tetradic

#DDB899 #9CDD99 #99BEDD #DA99DD

square

#DDB899 #9CDD99 #99BEDD #DA99DD

split-complementary

#DDB899 #99DDDA #999CDD

monochromatic

#BD783F #CE986B #DDB899 #ECD8C7 #F7EFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#DDB899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#DDB899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB899

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB899	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BA97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 184, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.060 61.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cdb7',
    500: '#ddb899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb899;
$custom-light: #e8cdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.353,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80725,
    "c": 0.05992,
    "h": 61.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB899

secondary

#6591B5

accent

#79BD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFAF8

border

#D5D3D1

text

#161311

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB899

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

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