#DDC495#DDC495

#DDC495 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.068 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC495
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 149)
HSL	hsl(39, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(39, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 32.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.19, 1.99, 26.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.19, 26.94, 85.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.01% 0.0083 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(83.01% 0.068 83)
XYZ	xyz(54.9844, 57.0238, 36.5383)
Luminance	0.5702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC495 #95AEDD

analogous

#DDA095 #DDC495 #D2DD95

triadic

#DDC495 #95DDC4 #C495DD

tetradic

#DDC495 #95DDA0 #95AEDD #DD95D2

square

#DDC495 #95DDA0 #95AEDD #DD95D2

split-complementary

#DDC495 #95D2DD #A095DD

monochromatic

#BB8F3C #CEAA67 #DDC495 #ECDEC3 #F8F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DDC495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#DDC495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC495

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC495	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C392

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CA96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.068 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d5b4',
    500: '#ddc495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc495;
$custom-light: #e8d5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.167,
    "s": 51.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83005,
    "c": 0.06802,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.57022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC495

secondary

#617EB5

accent

#5CBF27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC495

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

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