#DDC591#DDC591

#DDC591 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.073 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC591
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 145)
HSL	hsl(41, 53%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(41, 34%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 34.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, 0.98, 29.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 29.23, 88.08°)
OKLab	oklab(83.13% 0.0051 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(83.13% 0.073 86)
XYZ	xyz(54.8969, 57.3509, 34.9607)
Luminance	0.5735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC591 #91A9DD

analogous

#DD9F91 #DDC591 #CFDD91

triadic

#DDC591 #91DDC5 #C591DD

tetradic

#DDC591 #91DD9F #91A9DD #DD91CF

square

#DDC591 #91DD9F #91A9DD #DD91CF

split-complementary

#DDC591 #91CFDD #9F91DD

monochromatic

#BA913A #CFAC62 #DDC591 #EBDEC0 #F8F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DDC591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#DDC591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC591

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC591	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C48D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CA93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.073 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d6b1',
    500: '#ddc591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc591;
$custom-light: #e8d6b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.053,
    "s": 52.778,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83127,
    "c": 0.07319,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.57349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC591

secondary

#5E79B5

accent

#56C025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC591

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

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