#DDB140#DDB140

#DDB140 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.136 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB140
RGB	rgb(221, 177, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.31, 4.62, 61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.31, 61.32, 85.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% 0.0073 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.136 87)
XYZ	xyz(46.4691, 47.1896, 11.5105)
Luminance	0.4719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB140 #406CDD

analogous

#DD6240 #DDB140 #BADD40

triadic

#DDB140 #40DDB1 #B140DD

tetradic

#DDB140 #40DD62 #406CDD #DD40BA

square

#DDB140 #40DD62 #406CDD #DD40BA

split-complementary

#DDB140 #40BADD #6240DD

monochromatic

#8A6A19 #BE9222 #DDB140 #E6C674 #EFDBA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#DDB140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#DDB140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB140

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB140	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 177, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.136 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc87b',
    500: '#ddb140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb140;
$custom-light: #ecc87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.185,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78029,
    "c": 0.13643,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.47187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB140

secondary

#9CAEDD

accent

#6DED3B

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB140

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

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