#DDC489#DDC489

#DDC489 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.081 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC489
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 137)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(42, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 38%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.99, 0.57, 32.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.99, 32.88, 89.01°)
OKLab	oklab(82.78% 0.0035 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(82.78% 0.081 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.0753, 56.6602, 31.7501)
Luminance	0.5666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC489 #89A2DD

analogous

#DD9A89 #DDC489 #CCDD89

triadic

#DDC489 #89DDC4 #C489DD

tetradic

#DDC489 #89DD9A #89A2DD #DD89CC

square

#DDC489 #89DD9A #89A2DD #DD89CC

split-complementary

#DDC489 #89CCDD #9A89DD

monochromatic

#B79035 #CFAC59 #DDC489 #EBDCB9 #F8F3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DDC489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#DDC489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC489

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC489	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)

#D1C285

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C98B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.081 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d5ac',
    500: '#ddc489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc489;
$custom-light: #e9d5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.143,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82777,
    "c": 0.08144,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC489

secondary

#5672B4

accent

#52C323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC489

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

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