#DDB178#DDB178

#DDB178 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.090 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB178
RGB	rgb(221, 177, 120)
HSL	hsl(34, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(34, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 45.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, 8.77, 35.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 36.24, 75.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% 0.0261 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.09 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.9330, 48.1752, 24.4870)
Luminance	0.4817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB178 #78A4DD

analogous

#DD7F78 #DDB178 #D7DD78

triadic

#DDB178 #78DDB1 #B178DD

tetradic

#DDB178 #78DD7F #78A4DD #DD78D7

square

#DDB178 #78DD7F #78A4DD #DD78D7

split-complementary

#DDB178 #78D7DD #7F78DD

monochromatic

#AF762C #D19547 #DDB178 #E9CDA9 #F6E9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#DDB178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#DDB178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB178

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB178	1.00	1.97	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBD79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 177, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.090 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c89f',
    500: '#ddb178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb178;
$custom-light: #e9c89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.861,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78721,
    "c": 0.0898,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB178

secondary

#C8D6E9

accent

#68C71E

background

#FEFCF9

surface

#FDF8F2

border

#D5D1CC

text

#16130E

muted

#84827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB178

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

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