#DDCB96#DDCB96

#DDCB96 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.072 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB96
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 150)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(45, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 32.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.99, -1.53, 28.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.99, 28.81, 93.05°)
OKLab	oklab(84.43% -0.0019 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(84.43% 0.072 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.6805, 60.2877, 37.4992)
Luminance	0.6029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB96 #96A8DD

analogous

#DDA896 #DDCB96 #CBDD96

triadic

#DDCB96 #96DDCB #CB96DD

tetradic

#DDCB96 #96DDA8 #96A8DD #DD96CB

square

#DDCB96 #96DDA8 #96A8DD #DD96CB

split-complementary

#DDCB96 #96CBDD #A896DD

monochromatic

#BC9C3D #CEB468 #DDCB96 #ECE2C4 #F8F4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DDCB96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#DDCB96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB96

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB96	1.00	1.61	13.06	13.06
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C992

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCE98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.072 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dab5',
    500: '#ddcb96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb96;
$custom-light: #e8dab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.789,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8443,
    "c": 0.0721,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB96

secondary

#6277B5

accent

#4DBE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB96

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

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