#DDC799#DDC799

#DDC799 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.065 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC799
RGB	rgb(221, 199, 153)
HSL	hsl(41, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(41, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 30.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.03, 0.93, 25.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.03, 25.91, 87.95°)
OKLab	oklab(83.69% 0.0053 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(83.69% 0.065 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.9927, 58.5207, 38.4769)
Luminance	0.5852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC799 #99AFDD

analogous

#DDA599 #DDC799 #D1DD99

triadic

#DDC799 #99DDC7 #C799DD

tetradic

#DDC799 #99DDA5 #99AFDD #DD99D1

square

#DDC799 #99DDA5 #99AFDD #DD99D1

split-complementary

#DDC799 #99D1DD #A599DD

monochromatic

#BD943F #CEAE6B #DDC799 #ECE0C7 #F7F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DDC799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#DDC799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC799

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC799	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CC9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 199, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.065 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d7b7',
    500: '#ddc799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc799;
$custom-light: #e8d7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.588,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83686,
    "c": 0.06548,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC799

secondary

#657FB5

accent

#58BD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC799

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

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