#DDB250#DDB250

#DDB250 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.126 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB250
RGB	rgb(221, 178, 80)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, 4.99, 54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 54.87, 84.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% 0.0103 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.126 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.1897, 47.7951, 14.3277)
Luminance	0.4779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB250 #507BDD

analogous

#DD6C50 #DDB250 #C2DD50

triadic

#DDB250 #50DDB2 #B250DD

tetradic

#DDB250 #50DD6C #507BDD #DD50C2

square

#DDB250 #50DD6C #507BDD #DD50C2

split-complementary

#DDB250 #50C2DD #6C50DD

monochromatic

#96711D #C99727 #DDB250 #E7C983 #F1DFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#DDB250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#DDB250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB250

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB250	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 178, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.126 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc885',
    500: '#ddb250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb250;
$custom-light: #ebc885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.702,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78374,
    "c": 0.1255,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB250

secondary

#A9BAE0

accent

#72EA3D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB250

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

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