#DDB242#DDB242

#DDB242 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.136 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB242
RGB	rgb(221, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.58, 4.19, 60.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.58, 60.74, 86.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% 0.0063 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.136 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.7252, 47.6093, 11.8817)
Luminance	0.4761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB242 #426DDD

analogous

#DD6542 #DDB242 #BBDD42

triadic

#DDB242 #42DDB2 #B242DD

tetradic

#DDB242 #42DD65 #426DDD #DD42BB

square

#DDB242 #42DD65 #426DDD #DD42BB

split-complementary

#DDB242 #42BBDD #6542DD

monochromatic

#8C6C19 #BF9422 #DDB242 #E6C776 #F0DCAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#DDB242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#DDB242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB242

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB242	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.136 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc87c',
    500: '#ddb242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb242;
$custom-light: #ecc87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.355,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78244,
    "c": 0.13559,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB242

secondary

#9DAFDD

accent

#6DEC3B

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB242

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

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