#DDB15B#DDB15B

#DDB15B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.116 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB15B
RGB	rgb(221, 177, 91)
HSL	hsl(40, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 58.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, 6.27, 49.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 49.73, 82.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% 0.0154 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.116 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.4316, 47.5747, 16.5801)
Luminance	0.4757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB15B #5B87DD

analogous

#DD705B #DDB15B #C8DD5B

triadic

#DDB15B #5BDDB1 #B15BDD

tetradic

#DDB15B #5BDD70 #5B87DD #DD5BC8

square

#DDB15B #5BDD70 #5B87DD #DD5BC8

split-complementary

#DDB15B #5BC8DD #705BDD

monochromatic

#9D7321 #D0982B #DDB15B #E8C98E #F2E1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#DDB15B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#DDB15B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB15B

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB15B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB15B	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)

#C4B153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb15b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 177, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.116 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc88c',
    500: '#ddb15b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb15b;
$custom-light: #ebc88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb15b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.692,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.783,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB15B

secondary

#B1C2E2

accent

#55CE18

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB15B

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

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