#DDB059#DDB059

#DDB059 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.117 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB059
RGB	rgb(221, 176, 89)
HSL	hsl(40, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, 6.65, 49.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 50.42, 82.42°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% 0.0163 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.117 82)
XYZ	xyz(47.1497, 47.1470, 16.0661)
Luminance	0.4714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB059 #5986DD

analogous

#DD6E59 #DDB059 #C8DD59

triadic

#DDB059 #59DDB0 #B059DD

tetradic

#DDB059 #59DD6E #5986DD #DD59C8

square

#DDB059 #59DD6E #5986DD #DD59C8

split-complementary

#DDB059 #59C8DD #6E59DD

monochromatic

#9C7120 #CF972A #DDB059 #E7C88C #F2E0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#DDB059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#DDB059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB059

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB059	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 176, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.117 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc78a',
    500: '#ddb059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb059;
$custom-light: #ebc78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.545,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78079,
    "c": 0.11738,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.47144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB059

secondary

#B0C1E2

accent

#56CE18

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB059

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

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