#DDB151#DDB151

#DDB151 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.124 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB151
RGB	rgb(221, 177, 81)
HSL	hsl(41, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, 5.58, 53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 54.21, 84.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% 0.0121 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.124 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.0286, 47.4135, 14.4577)
Luminance	0.4741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB151 #517DDD

analogous

#DD6B51 #DDB151 #C3DD51

triadic

#DDB151 #51DDB1 #B151DD

tetradic

#DDB151 #51DD6B #517DDD #DD51C3

square

#DDB151 #51DD6B #517DDD #DD51C3

split-complementary

#DDB151 #51C3DD #6B51DD

monochromatic

#96701D #C99727 #DDB151 #E7C884 #F1DFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#DDB151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#DDB151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB151

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB151	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 177, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.124 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc885',
    500: '#ddb151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb151;
$custom-light: #ebc885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.143,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78187,
    "c": 0.12427,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB151

secondary

#AABBE0

accent

#74EA3E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB151

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

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