#DDCA9F#DDCA9F

#DDCA9F is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.061 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA9F
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 159)
HSL	hsl(42, 48%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(42, 28%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 28.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.90, 0.14, 23.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.90, 23.92, 89.66°)
OKLab	oklab(84.41% 0.0032 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(84.41% 0.061 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.1978, 60.1180, 41.3851)
Luminance	0.6012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA9F #9FB2DD

analogous

#DDAB9F #DDCA9F #D1DD9F

triadic

#DDCA9F #9FDDCA #CA9FDD

tetradic

#DDCA9F #9FDDAB #9FB2DD #DD9FD1

square

#DDCA9F #9FDDAB #9FB2DD #DD9FD1

split-complementary

#DDCA9F #9FD1DD #AB9FDD

monochromatic

#BD9845 #CDB172 #DDCA9F #EDE3CC #F7F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DDCA9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#DDCA9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA9F

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA9F	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C99C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CEA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.061 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dabb',
    500: '#ddca9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca9f;
$custom-light: #e8dabb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.613,
    "s": 47.692,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84411,
    "c": 0.0607,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA9F

secondary

#6B82B5

accent

#57BB2B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA9F

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

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