#DDC488#DDC488

#DDC488 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.083 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC488
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 136)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(42, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 38.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.97, 0.45, 33.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.97, 33.37, 89.22°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% 0.0031 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.083 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.0039, 56.6316, 31.3741)
Luminance	0.5663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC488 #88A1DD

analogous

#DD9988 #DDC488 #CCDD88

triadic

#DDC488 #88DDC4 #C488DD

tetradic

#DDC488 #88DD99 #88A1DD #DD88CC

square

#DDC488 #88DD99 #88A1DD #DD88CC

split-complementary

#DDC488 #88CCDD #9988DD

monochromatic

#B69034 #CFAC58 #DDC488 #EBDCB8 #F8F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DDC488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#DDC488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC488

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC488	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C284

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C98A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.083 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d5ab',
    500: '#ddc488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc488;
$custom-light: #e9d5ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82759,
    "c": 0.08255,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC488

secondary

#5571B4

accent

#52C322

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC488

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

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