#DDAB51#DDAB51

#DDAB51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.122 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAB51
RGB	rgb(221, 171, 81)
HSL	hsl(39, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(39, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.95, 8.77, 52.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.95, 52.98, 80.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% 0.0214 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.122 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.8695, 45.0952, 14.0713)
Luminance	0.4509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAB51 #5183DD

analogous

#DD6551 #DDAB51 #C9DD51

triadic

#DDAB51 #51DDAB #AB51DD

tetradic

#DDAB51 #51DD65 #5183DD #DD51C9

square

#DDAB51 #51DD65 #5183DD #DD51C9

split-complementary

#DDAB51 #51C9DD #6551DD

monochromatic

#966B1D #C99027 #DDAB51 #E7C484 #F1DCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#DDAB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#DDAB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAB51

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAB51	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddab51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 171, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.122 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc385',
    500: '#ddab51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddab51;
$custom-light: #ebc385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddab51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.571,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7701,
    "c": 0.12201,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAB51

secondary

#AABDE0

accent

#7BEA3E

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAB51

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

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