#DDB049#DDB049

#DDB049 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.130 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB049
RGB	rgb(221, 176, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, 5.63, 57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 57.43, 84.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% 0.0113 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.13 85)
XYZ	xyz(46.5493, 46.9069, 12.9042)
Luminance	0.4690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB049 #4976DD

analogous

#DD6649 #DDB049 #C0DD49

triadic

#DDB049 #49DDB0 #B049DD

tetradic

#DDB049 #49DD66 #4976DD #DD49C0

square

#DDB049 #49DD66 #4976DD #DD49C0

split-complementary

#DDB049 #49C0DD #6649DD

monochromatic

#916D1B #C49425 #DDB049 #E7C67D #F0DDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#DDB049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#DDB049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB049

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB049	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 176, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.130 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc780',
    500: '#ddb049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb049;
$custom-light: #ebc780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.757,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77909,
    "c": 0.12984,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.46904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB049

secondary

#A3B5DF

accent

#72EB3C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8EF

border

#D6D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB049

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

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