#DDC8AE#DDC8AE

#DDC8AE is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.042 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC8AE
RGB	rgb(221, 200, 174)
HSL	hsl(33, 41%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(33, 21%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 21.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.70, 3.27, 15.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.70, 16.03, 78.22°)
OKLab	oklab(84.35% 0.0123 0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(84.35% 0.042 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.1131, 59.7381, 48.5055)
Luminance	0.5974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC8AE #AEC3DD

analogous

#DDB0AE #DDC8AE #DBDDAE

triadic

#DDC8AE #AEDDC8 #C8AEDD

tetradic

#DDC8AE #AEDDB0 #AEC3DD #DDAEDB

square

#DDC8AE #AEDDB0 #AEC3DD #DDAEDB

split-complementary

#DDC8AE #AEDBDD #B0AEDD

monochromatic

#B98D58 #CBAB83 #DDC8AE #EFE5D9 #F6F0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDC8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#DDC8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC8AE

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC8AE	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C8AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5CDAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 200, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.042 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d8c6',
    500: '#ddc8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc8ae;
$custom-light: #e8d8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.191,
    "s": 40.87,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84347,
    "c": 0.04231,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC8AE

secondary

#7A94B5

accent

#6CB432

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#161413

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC8AE

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

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