#DDC487#DDC487

#DDC487 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.084 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC487
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 135)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(43, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 38.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.96, 0.34, 33.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.96, 33.87, 89.42°)
OKLab	oklab(82.74% 0.0027 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(82.74% 0.084 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.9331, 56.6033, 31.0016)
Luminance	0.5660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC487 #87A0DD

analogous

#DD9987 #DDC487 #CBDD87

triadic

#DDC487 #87DDC4 #C487DD

tetradic

#DDC487 #87DD99 #87A0DD #DD87CB

square

#DDC487 #87DD99 #87A0DD #DD87CB

split-complementary

#DDC487 #87CBDD #9987DD

monochromatic

#B69034 #CFAD57 #DDC487 #EBDBB7 #F8F3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DDC487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#DDC487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC487

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC487	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)

#D2C283

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.084 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d5aa',
    500: '#ddc487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc487;
$custom-light: #e9d5aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.558,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82741,
    "c": 0.08365,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC487

secondary

#5470B4

accent

#51C322

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC487

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

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