#DDC19C

sRGB: 221 / 193 / 156

Thunderous oceans command forgotten kingdoms
Majestic waterfalls disappear beneath stillness
Rising tides awaken sleeping galaxies

#DDC19C belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 221 red, 193 green and 156 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 34.2° lands in the orange region. Its 48.9% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 73.9% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (12.18:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 221, 193, 156
HSL: 34.15°, 48.87%, 73.92%
HSV / HSB: 34.15°, 29.41%, 86.67%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 12.67%, 29.41%, 13.33%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 54.887, 55.913, 39.355
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 79.564, 4.458, 22.311
WCAG relative luminance: 0.55912
24-bit decimal: 14533020

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #DDC19C in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 12.18:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.72:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#9CB8DD sits half a turn (180°) from #DDC19C on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#DDC19C #9CB8DD

Analogous

#DDA19C and #D9DD9C sit 30° to either side of #DDC19C. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#DDA19C #DDC19C #D9DD9C

Triadic

#DDC19C, #9CDDC1 and #C19CDD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DDC19C #9CDDC1 #C19CDD

Split complementary

Start at #DDC19C and look across the wheel. #9CD8DD and #A19CDD sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DDC19C #9CD8DD #A19CDD

Square

Starting with #DDC19C, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #9CDDA1, #9CB8DD, then #DD9CD8. Across the square, #DDC19C pairs with #9CB8DD, and #9CDDA1 with #DD9CD8.

#DDC19C #9CDDA1 #9CB8DD #DD9CD8

Tetradic

#DDC19C and #9CB8DD are opposites, as are #B8DD9C and #C19CDD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DDC19C #B8DD9C #9CB8DD #C19CDD

Tints

Mixing #DDC19C with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E4CDB0, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8F3EB, the mixture is 80% white.

#DDC19C #E4CDB0 #EBDAC4 #F1E6D7 #F8F3EB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DDC19C with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B19A7D, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C271F, the mixture is 80% black.

#DDC19C #B19A7D #85745E #584D3E #2C271F #000000

Tones

Mixing #DDC19C with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CAB496, keeps 80% of the original. By #938D86, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DDC19C #CAB496 #B8A791 #A59A8B #938D86 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#DDC19C

RGB

rgb(221 193 156)

HSL

hsl(34.154 48.872% 73.922%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DDC19C;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DDC19C uses 221 red, 193 green and 156 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 86.7%

Green 75.7%

Blue 61.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DDC19C is 0.0% cyan, 12.7% magenta, 29.4% yellow and 13.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 12.7%

Yellow 29.4%

Black 13.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDBB99. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DB9 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DDC19C when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCC99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #DDBB99 Nearest web-safe: #CCCC99

Gradient to complement

#DDC19C #D2C0A7 #C7BEB2 #BDBDBD #B2BBC7 #A7BAD2 #9CB8DD

Color vision previews

Compare how #DDC19C appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#CCC19A

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#D3C89D

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#E8BAB7

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D2C29B

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D5C59C

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#DFBFA7

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#C5C5C5

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#D2C3B2

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.72306 G 0.53328 B 0.33245

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.84852 G 0.76085 B 0.62917

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.68936 G 0.53958 B 0.35366

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.366 y 0.372 Y 55.913

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 13.333 M % 24.314 Y % 38.824

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11011101 11000001 10011100