#DDB040#DDB040

#DDB040 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.136 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB040
RGB	rgb(221, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, 5.15, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 61.10, 85.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% 0.0088 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.136 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.2723, 46.7961, 11.4449)
Luminance	0.4679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB040 #406DDD

analogous

#DD6140 #DDB040 #BBDD40

triadic

#DDB040 #40DDB0 #B040DD

tetradic

#DDB040 #40DD61 #406DDD #DD40BB

square

#DDB040 #40DD61 #406DDD #DD40BB

split-complementary

#DDB040 #40BBDD #6140DD

monochromatic

#8A6A19 #BE9122 #DDB040 #E6C574 #EFDBA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#DDB040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#DDB040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB040

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB040	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.136 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc77b',
    500: '#ddb040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb040;
$custom-light: #ecc77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.803,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77831,
    "c": 0.13598,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB040

secondary

#9CAFDD

accent

#6EED3B

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB040

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

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