#DDB057#DDB057

#DDB057 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.119 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB057
RGB	rgb(221, 176, 87)
HSL	hsl(40, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, 6.51, 50.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 51.32, 82.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% 0.0156 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.119 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.0669, 47.1139, 15.6298)
Luminance	0.4711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB057 #5784DD

analogous

#DD6D57 #DDB057 #C7DD57

triadic

#DDB057 #57DDB0 #B057DD

tetradic

#DDB057 #57DD6D #5784DD #DD57C7

square

#DDB057 #57DD6D #5784DD #DD57C7

split-complementary

#DDB057 #57C7DD #6D57DD

monochromatic

#9A711F #CD962A #DDB057 #E7C88A #F2E0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#DDB057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#DDB057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB057

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB057	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 176, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.119 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc789',
    500: '#ddb057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb057;
$custom-light: #ebc789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.851,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78056,
    "c": 0.11904,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB057

secondary

#AEBFE1

accent

#55CE17

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB057

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

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