#DDC697#DDC697

#DDC697 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.067 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC697
RGB	rgb(221, 198, 151)
HSL	hsl(40, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(40, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 31.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.74, 1.20, 26.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.74, 26.58, 87.42°)
OKLab	oklab(83.45% 0.006 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(83.45% 0.067 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.5996, 57.9965, 37.5378)
Luminance	0.5799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC697 #97AEDD

analogous

#DDA397 #DDC697 #D1DD97

triadic

#DDC697 #97DDC6 #C697DD

tetradic

#DDC697 #97DDA3 #97AEDD #DD97D1

square

#DDC697 #97DDA3 #97AEDD #DD97D1

split-complementary

#DDC697 #97D1DD #A397DD

monochromatic

#BC933D #CEAD69 #DDC697 #ECDFC5 #F7F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DDC697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#DDC697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC697

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC697	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CB98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 198, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.067 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d7b6',
    500: '#ddc697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc697;
$custom-light: #e8d7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.286,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83445,
    "c": 0.06707,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC697

secondary

#637EB5

accent

#59BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC697

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

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