#DDC581#DDC581

#DDC581 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.091 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC581
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 129)
HSL	hsl(44, 58%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(44, 42%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 41.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.12, -0.83, 37.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.12, 37.18, 91.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82.84% -0.0012 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(82.84% 0.091 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.7489, 56.8917, 28.9146)
Luminance	0.5689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC581 #8199DD

analogous

#DD9781 #DDC581 #C7DD81

triadic

#DDC581 #81DDC5 #C581DD

tetradic

#DDC581 #81DD97 #8199DD #DD81C7

square

#DDC581 #81DD97 #8199DD #DD81C7

split-complementary

#DDC581 #81C7DD #9781DD

monochromatic

#B39130 #D0AF51 #DDC581 #EADBB1 #F7F1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DDC581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#DDC581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC581

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC581	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C37C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CA83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABBB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.091 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d6a6',
    500: '#ddc581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc581;
$custom-light: #e9d6a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.348,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82839,
    "c": 0.09098,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC581

secondary

#4E69B4

accent

#4BC520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC581

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

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