#DDB8A9#DDB8A9

#DDB8A9 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.048 H 43.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB8A9
RGB	rgb(221, 184, 169)
HSL	hsl(17, 43%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(17, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 23.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, 11.02, 12.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 16.73, 48.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% 0.0348 0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.048 43.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.1212, 52.5197, 44.8149)
Luminance	0.5252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB8A9 #A9CEDD

analogous

#DDA9B4 #DDB8A9 #DDD2A9

triadic

#DDB8A9 #A9DDB8 #B8A9DD

tetradic

#DDB8A9 #B4DDA9 #A9CEDD #D2A9DD

square

#DDB8A9 #B4DDA9 #A9CEDD #D2A9DD

split-complementary

#DDB8A9 #A9DDD2 #A9B4DD

monochromatic

#BA7051 #CC947D #DDB8A9 #EEDCD5 #F6EDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#DDB8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#DDB8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB8A9

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB8A9	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BBA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC3A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 184, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.048 43.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cdc2',
    500: '#ddb8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb8a9;
$custom-light: #e8cdc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.308,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81098,
    "c": 0.04772,
    "h": 43.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB8A9

secondary

#75A3B5

accent

#8FB62F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFAF9

border

#D5D3D2

text

#161312

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB8A9

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

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