#DDC698#DDC698

#DDC698 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.066 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC698
RGB	rgb(221, 198, 152)
HSL	hsl(40, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(40, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 31.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.75, 1.32, 26.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.75, 26.08, 87.09°)
OKLab	oklab(83.47% 0.0064 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(83.47% 0.066 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.6811, 58.0291, 37.9673)
Luminance	0.5803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC698 #98AFDD

analogous

#DDA398 #DDC698 #D1DD98

triadic

#DDC698 #98DDC6 #C698DD

tetradic

#DDC698 #98DDA3 #98AFDD #DD98D1

square

#DDC698 #98DDA3 #98AFDD #DD98D1

split-complementary

#DDC698 #98D1DD #A398DD

monochromatic

#BC923E #CEAD6A #DDC698 #ECDFC6 #F7F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DDC698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#DDC698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC698

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC698	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CB99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 198, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.066 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d7b6',
    500: '#ddc698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc698;
$custom-light: #e8d7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 50.365,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83465,
    "c": 0.06593,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC698

secondary

#647FB5

accent

#5ABE28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC698

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

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