#DDC396#DDC396

#DDC396 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.066 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC396
RGB	rgb(221, 195, 150)
HSL	hsl(38, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(38, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 32.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.96, 2.64, 26.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.96, 26.16, 84.21°)
OKLab	oklab(82.83% 0.0102 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(82.83% 0.066 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.8398, 56.6063, 36.8856)
Luminance	0.5660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC396 #96B0DD

analogous

#DD9F96 #DDC396 #D3DD96

triadic

#DDC396 #96DDC3 #C396DD

tetradic

#DDC396 #96DD9F #96B0DD #DD96D3

square

#DDC396 #96DD9F #96B0DD #DD96D3

split-complementary

#DDC396 #96D3DD #9F96DD

monochromatic

#BC8D3D #CEA968 #DDC396 #ECDDC4 #F8F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DDC396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#DDC396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC396

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC396	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 195, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.066 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d5b5',
    500: '#ddc396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc396;
$custom-light: #e8d5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.028,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82826,
    "c": 0.06631,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC396

secondary

#6281B5

accent

#5EBE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC396

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

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