#DDB236#DDB236

#DDB236 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.143 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB236
RGB	rgb(221, 178, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 75.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, 3.65, 65.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 65.27, 86.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% 0.0033 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.143 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.4078, 47.4823, 10.2100)
Luminance	0.4748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB236 #3661DD

analogous

#DD5F36 #DDB236 #B5DD36

triadic

#DDB236 #36DDB2 #B236DD

tetradic

#DDB236 #36DD5F #3661DD #DD36B5

square

#DDB236 #36DD5F #3661DD #DD36B5

split-complementary

#DDB236 #36B5DD #5F36DD

monochromatic

#836716 #B7901F #DDB236 #E6C66A #EFDA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#DDB236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#DDB236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB236

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB236	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)

#C7B020

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 178, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.143 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc876',
    500: '#ddb236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb236;
$custom-light: #ecc876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.551,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78154,
    "c": 0.1429,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB236

secondary

#94A6DB

accent

#68EE3A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8ED

border

#D6D1C8

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB236

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

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