#DDC16E#DDC16E

#DDC16E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.108 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC16E
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 110)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 50.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.83, -0.60, 45.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.83, 45.14, 90.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.0024 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.108 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.7051, 54.6402, 22.5719)
Luminance	0.5464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC16E #6E8ADD

analogous

#DD8A6E #DDC16E #C1DD6E

triadic

#DDC16E #6EDDC1 #C16EDD

tetradic

#DDC16E #6EDD8A #6E8ADD #DD6EC1

square

#DDC16E #6EDD8A #6E8ADD #DD6EC1

split-complementary

#DDC16E #6EC1DD #8A6EDD

monochromatic

#A98828 #D1AC3C #DDC16E #E9D6A0 #F4EBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DDC16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#DDC16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC16E

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC16E	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BE67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.108 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead399',
    500: '#ddc16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc16e;
$custom-light: #ead399;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.865,
    "s": 62.011,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8174,
    "c": 0.10777,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC16E

secondary

#445EAC

accent

#48CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC16E

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

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