#DDC296#DDC296

#DDC296 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.066 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC296
RGB	rgb(221, 194, 150)
HSL	hsl(37, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(37, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 32.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, 3.17, 25.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 25.87, 82.97°)
OKLab	oklab(82.63% 0.0117 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(82.63% 0.066 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.6165, 56.1597, 36.8112)
Luminance	0.5616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC296 #96B1DD

analogous

#DD9E96 #DDC296 #D4DD96

triadic

#DDC296 #96DDC2 #C296DD

tetradic

#DDC296 #96DD9E #96B1DD #DD96D4

square

#DDC296 #96DD9E #96B1DD #DD96D4

split-complementary

#DDC296 #96D4DD #9E96DD

monochromatic

#BC8C3D #CEA768 #DDC296 #ECDDC4 #F8F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DDC296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#DDC296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC296

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC296	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 194, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.066 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d4b5',
    500: '#ddc296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc296;
$custom-light: #e8d4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.183,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82627,
    "c": 0.06575,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC296

secondary

#6282B5

accent

#61BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC296

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

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