#DDB148#DDB148

#DDB148 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.131 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB148
RGB	rgb(221, 177, 72)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 67.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, 5.04, 57.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 58.07, 85.02°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% 0.0094 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.131 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.7133, 47.2873, 12.7966)
Luminance	0.4728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB148 #4874DD

analogous

#DD6748 #DDB148 #BEDD48

triadic

#DDB148 #48DDB1 #B148DD

tetradic

#DDB148 #48DD67 #4874DD #DD48BE

square

#DDB148 #48DD67 #4874DD #DD48BE

split-complementary

#DDB148 #48BEDD #6748DD

monochromatic

#906D1B #C39424 #DDB148 #E7C77C #F0DDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#DDB148 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#DDB148 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB148

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB148	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB148	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B03B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb148;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 177, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.131 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc880',
    500: '#ddb148',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb148;
$custom-light: #ecc880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb148",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.282,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78098,
    "c": 0.131,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB148

secondary

#A2B4DE

accent

#70EC3C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8EF

border

#D6D1CA

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB148

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

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