#DDB042#DDB042

#DDB042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.135 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB042
RGB	rgb(221, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, 5.25, 60.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 60.31, 85.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% 0.0093 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.135 86)
XYZ	xyz(46.3302, 46.8192, 11.7500)
Luminance	0.4682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB042 #426FDD

analogous

#DD6342 #DDB042 #BDDD42

triadic

#DDB042 #42DDB0 #B042DD

tetradic

#DDB042 #42DD63 #426FDD #DD42BD

square

#DDB042 #42DD63 #426FDD #DD42BD

split-complementary

#DDB042 #42BDDD #6342DD

monochromatic

#8C6A19 #BF9222 #DDB042 #E6C676 #F0DBAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#DDB042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#DDB042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB042

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB042	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)

#C5AF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.135 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc77c',
    500: '#ddb042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb042;
$custom-light: #ecc77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.581,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77847,
    "c": 0.13468,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.46816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB042

secondary

#9DB0DD

accent

#6FEC3B

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB042

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

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