#DDB050#DDB050

#DDB050 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.125 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB050
RGB	rgb(221, 176, 80)
HSL	hsl(41, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, 6.05, 54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 54.43, 83.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% 0.0134 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.125 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.7946, 47.0050, 14.1960)
Luminance	0.4700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB050 #507DDD

analogous

#DD6A50 #DDB050 #C4DD50

triadic

#DDB050 #50DDB0 #B050DD

tetradic

#DDB050 #50DD6A #507DDD #DD50C4

square

#DDB050 #50DD6A #507DDD #DD50C4

split-complementary

#DDB050 #50C4DD #6A50DD

monochromatic

#966F1D #C99527 #DDB050 #E7C783 #F1DEB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#DDB050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#DDB050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB050

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB050	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 176, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.125 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc785',
    500: '#ddb050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb050;
$custom-light: #ebc785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.851,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77979,
    "c": 0.12462,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB050

secondary

#A9BAE0

accent

#75EA3D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB050

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

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