#DDC596#DDC596

#DDC596 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.068 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC596
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(40, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(40, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 32.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.46, 1.59, 26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.46, 26.76, 86.59°)
OKLab	oklab(83.23% 0.0071 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(83.23% 0.068 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.2909, 57.5085, 37.0360)
Luminance	0.5751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC596 #96AEDD

analogous

#DDA196 #DDC596 #D2DD96

triadic

#DDC596 #96DDC5 #C596DD

tetradic

#DDC596 #96DDA1 #96AEDD #DD96D2

square

#DDC596 #96DDA1 #96AEDD #DD96D2

split-complementary

#DDC596 #96D2DD #A196DD

monochromatic

#BC913D #CEAB68 #DDC596 #ECDFC4 #F8F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DDC596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#DDC596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC596

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC596	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C493

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CA97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.068 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d6b5',
    500: '#ddc596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc596;
$custom-light: #e8d6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.718,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83225,
    "c": 0.06754,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC596

secondary

#627EB5

accent

#5ABE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC596

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

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