#DDC899#DDC899

#DDC899 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.066 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC899
RGB	rgb(221, 200, 153)
HSL	hsl(41, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(41, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 30.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.28, 0.41, 26.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.28, 26.24, 89.12°)
OKLab	oklab(83.89% 0.0038 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(83.89% 0.066 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.2235, 58.9823, 38.5539)
Luminance	0.5898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC899 #99AEDD

analogous

#DDA699 #DDC899 #D0DD99

triadic

#DDC899 #99DDC8 #C899DD

tetradic

#DDC899 #99DDA6 #99AEDD #DD99D0

square

#DDC899 #99DDA6 #99AEDD #DD99D0

split-complementary

#DDC899 #99D0DD #A699DD

monochromatic

#BD963F #CEAF6B #DDC899 #ECE1C7 #F7F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DDC899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#DDC899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC899

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC899	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CC9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 200, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.066 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d8b7',
    500: '#ddc899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc899;
$custom-light: #e8d8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.471,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83886,
    "c": 0.0662,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC899

secondary

#657EB5

accent

#56BD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC899

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

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