#DDC299#DDC299

#DDC299 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.062 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC299
RGB	rgb(221, 194, 153)
HSL	hsl(36, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(36, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 30.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, 3.55, 24.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 24.43, 81.65°)
OKLab	oklab(82.69% 0.0129 0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(82.69% 0.062 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.8611, 56.2575, 38.0997)
Luminance	0.5626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC299 #99B4DD

analogous

#DDA099 #DDC299 #D6DD99

triadic

#DDC299 #99DDC2 #C299DD

tetradic

#DDC299 #99DDA0 #99B4DD #DD99D6

square

#DDC299 #99DDA0 #99B4DD #DD99D6

split-complementary

#DDC299 #99D6DD #A099DD

monochromatic

#BD8B3F #CEA76B #DDC299 #ECDDC7 #F7F1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DDC299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#DDC299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC299

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC299	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C89A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 194, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.062 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d4b7',
    500: '#ddc299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc299;
$custom-light: #e8d4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.176,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82689,
    "c": 0.06247,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC299

secondary

#6585B5

accent

#63BD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC299

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

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