#DDCB99#DDCB99

#DDCB99 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.069 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB99
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 153)
HSL	hsl(44, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(44, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 30.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.05, -1.16, 27.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.05, 27.29, 92.43°)
OKLab	oklab(84.49% -0.0007 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(84.49% 0.069 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.9252, 60.3856, 38.7877)
Luminance	0.6038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB99 #99ABDD

analogous

#DDA999 #DDCB99 #CDDD99

triadic

#DDCB99 #99DDCB #CB99DD

tetradic

#DDCB99 #99DDA9 #99ABDD #DD99CD

square

#DDCB99 #99DDA9 #99ABDD #DD99CD

split-complementary

#DDCB99 #99CDDD #A999DD

monochromatic

#BD9B3F #CEB46B #DDCB99 #ECE2C7 #F7F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DDCB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#DDCB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB99

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB99	1.00	1.61	13.08	13.08
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCE9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.069 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dab7',
    500: '#ddcb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb99;
$custom-light: #e8dab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.118,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84489,
    "c": 0.06857,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB99

secondary

#657AB5

accent

#50BD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB99

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

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