#DDC481#DDC481

#DDC481 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.090 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC481
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 129)
HSL	hsl(44, 58%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(44, 42%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 41.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, -0.31, 36.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 36.84, 90.48°)
OKLab	oklab(82.64% 0.0003 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(82.64% 0.09 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.5226, 56.4391, 28.8391)
Luminance	0.5644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC481 #819ADD

analogous

#DD9681 #DDC481 #C8DD81

triadic

#DDC481 #81DDC4 #C481DD

tetradic

#DDC481 #81DD96 #819ADD #DD81C8

square

#DDC481 #81DD96 #819ADD #DD81C8

split-complementary

#DDC481 #81C8DD #9681DD

monochromatic

#B39030 #D0AD51 #DDC481 #EADBB1 #F7F1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DDC481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#DDC481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC481

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC481	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C27C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.090 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d5a6',
    500: '#ddc481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc481;
$custom-light: #e9d5a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.696,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82638,
    "c": 0.09022,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC481

secondary

#4E6AB4

accent

#4DC520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC481

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

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