#DDCA98#DDCA98

#DDCA98 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.069 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA98
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 152)
HSL	hsl(43, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(43, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 31.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.77, -0.76, 27.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.77, 27.43, 91.59°)
OKLab	oklab(84.27% 0.0004 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(84.27% 0.069 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.6075, 59.8819, 38.2761)
Luminance	0.5988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA98 #98ABDD

analogous

#DDA798 #DDCA98 #CDDD98

triadic

#DDCA98 #98DDCA #CA98DD

tetradic

#DDCA98 #98DDA7 #98ABDD #DD98CD

square

#DDCA98 #98DDA7 #98ABDD #DD98CD

split-complementary

#DDCA98 #98CDDD #A798DD

monochromatic

#BC9A3E #CEB26A #DDCA98 #ECE2C6 #F7F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCA98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#DDCA98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA98

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA98	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C895

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACE9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.069 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dab6',
    500: '#ddca98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca98;
$custom-light: #e8dab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.478,
    "s": 50.365,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84268,
    "c": 0.06892,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA98

secondary

#647AB5

accent

#51BE28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA98

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

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