#DDB249#DDB249

#DDB249 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.131 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB249
RGB	rgb(221, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(43, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, 4.57, 57.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 57.87, 85.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% 0.0082 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.131 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.9444, 47.6970, 13.0359)
Luminance	0.4769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB249 #4974DD

analogous

#DD6849 #DDB249 #BEDD49

triadic

#DDB249 #49DDB2 #B249DD

tetradic

#DDB249 #49DD68 #4974DD #DD49BE

square

#DDB249 #49DD68 #4974DD #DD49BE

split-complementary

#DDB249 #49BEDD #6849DD

monochromatic

#916E1B #C49625 #DDB249 #E7C87D #F0DEB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#DDB249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#DDB249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB249

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB249	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B13C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.131 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc881',
    500: '#ddb249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb249;
$custom-light: #ebc881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.568,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78305,
    "c": 0.13075,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB249

secondary

#A3B4DF

accent

#6FEB3C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8EF

border

#D6D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB249

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

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