#DDC38D#DDC38D

#DDC38D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.076 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC38D
RGB	rgb(221, 195, 141)
HSL	hsl(41, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(41, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 36.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.80, 1.55, 30.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.80, 30.58, 87.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.65% 0.0066 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(82.65% 0.076 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.1427, 56.3274, 33.2144)
Luminance	0.5633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC38D #8DA7DD

analogous

#DD9B8D #DDC38D #CFDD8D

triadic

#DDC38D #8DDDC3 #C38DDD

tetradic

#DDC38D #8DDD9B #8DA7DD #DD8DCF

square

#DDC38D #8DDD9B #8DA7DD #DD8DCF

split-complementary

#DDC38D #8DCFDD #9B8DDD

monochromatic

#B98E37 #CFAA5E #DDC38D #EBDCBC #F8F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DDC38D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#DDC38D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC38D

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC38D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC38D	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C98F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc38d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 195, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.076 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d5ae',
    500: '#ddc38d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc38d;
$custom-light: #e9d5ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc38d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.5,
    "s": 54.054,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8265,
    "c": 0.07631,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC38D

secondary

#5A77B4

accent

#57C224

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC38D

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

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