#DDB136#DDB136

#DDB136 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.142 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB136
RGB	rgb(221, 177, 54)
HSL	hsl(44, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(44, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 75.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, 4.17, 64.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 65.06, 86.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% 0.0048 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.142 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2096, 47.0859, 10.1439)
Luminance	0.4708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB136 #3662DD

analogous

#DD5E36 #DDB136 #B5DD36

triadic

#DDB136 #36DDB1 #B136DD

tetradic

#DDB136 #36DD5E #3662DD #DD36B5

square

#DDB136 #36DD5E #3662DD #DD36B5

split-complementary

#DDB136 #36B5DD #5E36DD

monochromatic

#836616 #B78F1F #DDB136 #E6C56A #EFDA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#DDB136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#DDB136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB136

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB136	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	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)

#C6B021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 177, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.142 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc776',
    500: '#ddb136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb136;
$custom-light: #ecc776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.192,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77955,
    "c": 0.14243,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB136

secondary

#94A7DB

accent

#69EE3A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8ED

border

#D6D1C8

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB136

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

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