#DDC485#DDC485

#DDC485 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.086 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC485
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 133)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(43, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 39.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.92, 0.12, 34.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.92, 34.86, 89.80°)
OKLab	oklab(82.71% 0.0019 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(82.71% 0.086 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.7937, 56.5475, 30.2669)
Luminance	0.5655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC485 #859EDD

analogous

#DD9885 #DDC485 #CADD85

triadic

#DDC485 #85DDC4 #C485DD

tetradic

#DDC485 #85DD98 #859EDD #DD85CA

square

#DDC485 #85DD98 #859EDD #DD85CA

split-complementary

#DDC485 #85CADD #9885DD

monochromatic

#B59032 #D0AD55 #DDC485 #EADBB5 #F8F2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DDC485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#DDC485 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC485

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC485	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C280

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.086 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d5a9',
    500: '#ddc485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc485;
$custom-light: #e9d5a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.955,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82706,
    "c": 0.08586,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC485

secondary

#526EB4

accent

#50C422

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC485

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

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