#DDCA99#DDCA99

#DDCA99 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.068 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA99
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 153)
HSL	hsl(43, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(43, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 30.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.79, -0.64, 26.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.79, 26.93, 91.35°)
OKLab	oklab(84.29% 0.0008 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(84.29% 0.068 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.6898, 59.9148, 38.7093)
Luminance	0.5991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA99 #99ACDD

analogous

#DDA899 #DDCA99 #CEDD99

triadic

#DDCA99 #99DDCA #CA99DD

tetradic

#DDCA99 #99DDA8 #99ACDD #DD99CE

square

#DDCA99 #99DDA8 #99ACDD #DD99CE

split-complementary

#DDCA99 #99CEDD #A899DD

monochromatic

#BD9A3F #CEB26B #DDCA99 #ECE2C7 #F7F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#DDCA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA99

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA99	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)

#D5C896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACE9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.068 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dab7',
    500: '#ddca99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca99;
$custom-light: #e8dab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.235,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84288,
    "c": 0.06774,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA99

secondary

#657CB5

accent

#52BD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA99

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

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