#DDB051#DDB051

#DDB051 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.124 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB051
RGB	rgb(221, 176, 81)
HSL	hsl(41, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, 6.11, 53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 53.99, 83.50°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% 0.0137 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.124 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.8319, 47.0199, 14.3921)
Luminance	0.4702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB051 #517EDD

analogous

#DD6A51 #DDB051 #C4DD51

triadic

#DDB051 #51DDB0 #B051DD

tetradic

#DDB051 #51DD6A #517EDD #DD51C4

square

#DDB051 #51DD6A #517EDD #DD51C4

split-complementary

#DDB051 #51C4DD #6A51DD

monochromatic

#966F1D #C99527 #DDB051 #E7C784 #F1DEB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#DDB051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#DDB051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB051

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB051	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)

#C4B047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 176, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.124 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc785',
    500: '#ddb051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb051;
$custom-light: #ebc785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.714,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77989,
    "c": 0.12384,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB051

secondary

#AABBE0

accent

#75EA3E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB051

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

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