#DDB149#DDB149

#DDB149 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.130 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB149
RGB	rgb(221, 177, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.38, 5.10, 57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.38, 57.65, 84.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% 0.0097 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.13 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.7461, 47.3005, 12.9698)
Luminance	0.4730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB149 #4975DD

analogous

#DD6749 #DDB149 #BFDD49

triadic

#DDB149 #49DDB1 #B149DD

tetradic

#DDB149 #49DD67 #4975DD #DD49BF

square

#DDB149 #49DD67 #4975DD #DD49BF

split-complementary

#DDB149 #49BFDD #6749DD

monochromatic

#916E1B #C49525 #DDB149 #E7C77D #F0DDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#DDB149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#DDB149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB149

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB149	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)

#C5B03D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 177, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.130 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc880',
    500: '#ddb149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb149;
$custom-light: #ebc880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.162,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78107,
    "c": 0.13028,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB149

secondary

#A3B5DF

accent

#70EB3C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8EF

border

#D6D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB149

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

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