#DDB243#DDB243

#DDB243 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.135 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB243
RGB	rgb(221, 178, 67)
HSL	hsl(43, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 69.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, 4.25, 60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 60.34, 85.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% 0.0065 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.135 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.7550, 47.6212, 12.0383)
Luminance	0.4762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB243 #436EDD

analogous

#DD6543 #DDB243 #BBDD43

triadic

#DDB243 #43DDB2 #B243DD

tetradic

#DDB243 #43DD65 #436EDD #DD43BB

square

#DDB243 #43DD65 #436EDD #DD43BB

split-complementary

#DDB243 #43BBDD #6543DD

monochromatic

#8C6C19 #C09423 #DDB243 #E6C777 #F0DCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#DDB243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#DDB243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB243

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB243	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)

#C6B134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 178, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.135 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc87d',
    500: '#ddb243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb243;
$custom-light: #ecc87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.247,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78252,
    "c": 0.13493,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB243

secondary

#9EB0DE

accent

#6DEC3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB243

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

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