#DDC49D#DDC49D

#DDC49D is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.059 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC49D
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 157)
HSL	hsl(37, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(37, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 29%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.34, 3.01, 22.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.34, 23.04, 82.48°)
OKLab	oklab(83.17% 0.0115 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(83.17% 0.059 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.6452, 57.2881, 40.0183)
Luminance	0.5729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC49D #9DB6DD

analogous

#DDA49D #DDC49D #D6DD9D

triadic

#DDC49D #9DDDC4 #C49DDD

tetradic

#DDC49D #9DDDA4 #9DB6DD #DD9DD6

square

#DDC49D #9DDDA4 #9DB6DD #DD9DD6

split-complementary

#DDC49D #9DD6DD #A49DDD

monochromatic

#BD8D42 #CDA970 #DDC49D #EDDFCA #F7F1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DDC49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#DDC49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC49D

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC49D	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC49A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5CA9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.059 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d5ba',
    500: '#ddc49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc49d;
$custom-light: #e8d5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.563,
    "s": 48.485,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83171,
    "c": 0.0591,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC49D

secondary

#6987B5

accent

#63BC2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC49D

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

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