#DDCA96#DDCA96

#DDCA96 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.071 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA96
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 150)
HSL	hsl(44, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(44, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 32.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, -1.01, 28.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 28.44, 92.04°)
OKLab	oklab(84.23% -0.0004 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(84.23% 0.071 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.4451, 59.8169, 37.4207)
Luminance	0.5981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA96 #96A9DD

analogous

#DDA796 #DDCA96 #CCDD96

triadic

#DDCA96 #96DDCA #CA96DD

tetradic

#DDCA96 #96DDA7 #96A9DD #DD96CC

square

#DDCA96 #96DDA7 #96A9DD #DD96CC

split-complementary

#DDCA96 #96CCDD #A796DD

monochromatic

#BC9A3D #CEB368 #DDCA96 #ECE1C4 #F8F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCA96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#DDCA96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA96

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA96	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C893

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACE98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.071 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dab5',
    500: '#ddca96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca96;
$custom-light: #e8dab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.944,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84228,
    "c": 0.07125,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA96

secondary

#6278B5

accent

#50BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA96

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

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