#DDB159#DDB159

#DDB159 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.118 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB159
RGB	rgb(221, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(40, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, 6.12, 50.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 50.64, 83.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% 0.0147 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.118 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.3465, 47.5406, 16.1317)
Luminance	0.4754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB159 #5985DD

analogous

#DD6F59 #DDB159 #C7DD59

triadic

#DDB159 #59DDB1 #B159DD

tetradic

#DDB159 #59DD6F #5985DD #DD59C7

square

#DDB159 #59DD6F #5985DD #DD59C7

split-complementary

#DDB159 #59C7DD #6F59DD

monochromatic

#9C7220 #CF982A #DDB159 #E7C98C #F2E1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#DDB159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#DDB159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB159

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB159	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.118 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc88b',
    500: '#ddb159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb159;
$custom-light: #ebc88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78276,
    "c": 0.11781,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB159

secondary

#B0C1E2

accent

#54CE18

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB159

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

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