#DDC199#DDC199

#DDC199 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.062 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC199
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 153)
HSL	hsl(35, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(35, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 30.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, 4.07, 23.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 24.17, 80.30°)
OKLab	oklab(82.49% 0.0145 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(82.49% 0.062 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.6393, 55.8139, 38.0258)
Luminance	0.5581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC199 #99B5DD

analogous

#DD9F99 #DDC199 #D7DD99

triadic

#DDC199 #99DDC1 #C199DD

tetradic

#DDC199 #99DD9F #99B5DD #DD99D7

square

#DDC199 #99DD9F #99B5DD #DD99D7

split-complementary

#DDC199 #99D7DD #9F99DD

monochromatic

#BD893F #CEA56B #DDC199 #ECDDC7 #F7F1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DDC199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#DDC199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC199

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC199	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C89A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.062 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d3b7',
    500: '#ddc199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc199;
$custom-light: #e8d3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82491,
    "c": 0.062,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC199

secondary

#6586B5

accent

#66BD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC199

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

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