#DDAB56#DDAB56

#DDAB56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.118 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAB56
RGB	rgb(221, 171, 86)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.01, 9.10, 49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.01, 50.77, 79.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% 0.0231 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.118 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.0639, 45.1729, 15.0954)
Luminance	0.4517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAB56 #5688DD

analogous

#DD6856 #DDAB56 #CBDD56

triadic

#DDAB56 #56DDAB #AB56DD

tetradic

#DDAB56 #56DD68 #5688DD #DD56CB

square

#DDAB56 #56DD68 #5688DD #DD56CB

split-complementary

#DDAB56 #56CBDD #6856DD

monochromatic

#9A6C1F #CD9029 #DDAB56 #E7C489 #F2DEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#DDAB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#DDAB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAB56

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAB56	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddab56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 171, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.118 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc388',
    500: '#ddab56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddab56;
$custom-light: #ebc388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddab56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.778,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77066,
    "c": 0.11809,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAB56

secondary

#AEC1E1

accent

#5BCE17

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAB56

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

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