#DDCA97#DDCA97

#DDCA97 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.070 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA97
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 151)
HSL	hsl(44, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(44, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 31.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.76, -0.89, 27.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.76, 27.94, 91.82°)
OKLab	oklab(84.25% 0 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(84.25% 0.07 90)
XYZ	xyz(56.5260, 59.8493, 37.8466)
Luminance	0.5985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA97 #97AADD

analogous

#DDA797 #DDCA97 #CDDD97

triadic

#DDCA97 #97DDCA #CA97DD

tetradic

#DDCA97 #97DDA7 #97AADD #DD97CD

square

#DDCA97 #97DDA7 #97AADD #DD97CD

split-complementary

#DDCA97 #97CDDD #A797DD

monochromatic

#BC9A3D #CEB269 #DDCA97 #ECE2C5 #F7F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCA97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#DDCA97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA97

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA97	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C894

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACE99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.070 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dab6',
    500: '#ddca97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca97;
$custom-light: #e8dab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.714,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84248,
    "c": 0.07009,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.59848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA97

secondary

#6379B5

accent

#50BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA97

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

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