#DDC381#DDC381

#DDC381 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.089 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC381
RGB	rgb(221, 195, 129)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(43, 42%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 41.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, 0.21, 36.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 36.51, 89.67°)
OKLab	oklab(82.44% 0.0018 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(82.44% 0.089 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.2977, 55.9895, 28.7642)
Luminance	0.5599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC381 #819BDD

analogous

#DD9581 #DDC381 #C9DD81

triadic

#DDC381 #81DDC3 #C381DD

tetradic

#DDC381 #81DD95 #819BDD #DD81C9

square

#DDC381 #81DD95 #819BDD #DD81C9

split-complementary

#DDC381 #81C9DD #9581DD

monochromatic

#B38E30 #D0AC51 #DDC381 #EADAB1 #F7F1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DDC381 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#DDC381 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC381

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC381	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC381	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C17C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C883

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc381;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 195, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.089 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d5a6',
    500: '#ddc381',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc381;
$custom-light: #e9d5a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc381",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.043,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82436,
    "c": 0.08949,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC381

secondary

#4E6BB4

accent

#4FC520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC381

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

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