#DDB157#DDB157

#DDB157 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.119 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB157
RGB	rgb(221, 177, 87)
HSL	hsl(40, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, 5.98, 51.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 51.54, 83.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% 0.0141 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.119 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.2637, 47.5075, 15.6954)
Luminance	0.4750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB157 #5783DD

analogous

#DD6E57 #DDB157 #C6DD57

triadic

#DDB157 #57DDB1 #B157DD

tetradic

#DDB157 #57DD6E #5783DD #DD57C6

square

#DDB157 #57DD6E #5783DD #DD57C6

split-complementary

#DDB157 #57C6DD #6E57DD

monochromatic

#9A721F #CD982A #DDB157 #E7C98A #F2E0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#DDB157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#DDB157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB157

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB157	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)

#C4B14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 177, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.119 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc889',
    500: '#ddb157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb157;
$custom-light: #ebc889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.299,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78253,
    "c": 0.11946,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB157

secondary

#AEBFE1

accent

#53CE17

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB157

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

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