#DDC896#DDC896

#DDC896 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.070 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC896
RGB	rgb(221, 200, 150)
HSL	hsl(42, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(42, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 32.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.23, 0.03, 27.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.23, 27.74, 89.94°)
OKLab	oklab(83.83% 0.0026 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(83.83% 0.07 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.9789, 58.8845, 37.2653)
Luminance	0.5888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC896 #96ABDD

analogous

#DDA596 #DDC896 #CEDD96

triadic

#DDC896 #96DDC8 #C896DD

tetradic

#DDC896 #96DDA5 #96ABDD #DD96CE

square

#DDC896 #96DDA5 #96ABDD #DD96CE

split-complementary

#DDC896 #96CEDD #A596DD

monochromatic

#BC963D #CEB068 #DDC896 #ECE0C4 #F8F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DDC896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#DDC896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC896

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC896	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C693

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CC98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 200, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.070 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d8b5',
    500: '#ddc896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc896;
$custom-light: #e8d8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.254,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83826,
    "c": 0.06967,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC896

secondary

#627BB5

accent

#54BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC896

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

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