#DDC685#DDC685

#DDC685 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.087 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC685
RGB	rgb(221, 198, 133)
HSL	hsl(44, 56%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(44, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 39.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.44, -0.92, 35.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.44, 35.54, 91.49°)
OKLab	oklab(83.11% -0.0012 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(83.11% 0.087 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.2478, 57.4558, 30.4183)
Luminance	0.5745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC685 #859CDD

analogous

#DD9A85 #DDC685 #C8DD85

triadic

#DDC685 #85DDC6 #C685DD

tetradic

#DDC685 #85DD9A #859CDD #DD85C8

square

#DDC685 #85DD9A #859CDD #DD85C8

split-complementary

#DDC685 #85C8DD #9A85DD

monochromatic

#B59332 #D0B055 #DDC685 #EADCB5 #F8F3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DDC685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#DDC685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC685

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC685	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACA87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EABCB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 198, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.087 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d7a9',
    500: '#ddc685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc685;
$custom-light: #e9d7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.318,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83109,
    "c": 0.08738,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC685

secondary

#526CB4

accent

#4CC422

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC685

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

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