#DDB156#DDB156

#DDB156 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.120 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB156
RGB	rgb(221, 177, 86)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, 5.91, 51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 51.99, 83.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% 0.0137 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.12 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.2231, 47.4913, 15.4817)
Luminance	0.4749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB156 #5682DD

analogous

#DD6D56 #DDB156 #C6DD56

triadic

#DDB156 #56DDB1 #B156DD

tetradic

#DDB156 #56DD6D #5682DD #DD56C6

square

#DDB156 #56DD6D #5682DD #DD56C6

split-complementary

#DDB156 #56C6DD #6D56DD

monochromatic

#9A721F #CD9729 #DDB156 #E7C989 #F2E0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#DDB156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#DDB156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB156

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB156	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 177, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.120 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc889',
    500: '#ddb156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb156;
$custom-light: #ebc889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.444,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78241,
    "c": 0.12028,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB156

secondary

#AEBEE1

accent

#53CE17

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB156

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

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