#DDB251#DDB251

#DDB251 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.125 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB251
RGB	rgb(221, 178, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, 5.05, 54.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 54.43, 84.67°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% 0.0106 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.125 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.2269, 47.8100, 14.5237)
Luminance	0.4781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB251 #517CDD

analogous

#DD6C51 #DDB251 #C2DD51

triadic

#DDB251 #51DDB2 #B251DD

tetradic

#DDB251 #51DD6C #517CDD #DD51C2

square

#DDB251 #51DD6C #517CDD #DD51C2

split-complementary

#DDB251 #51C2DD #6C51DD

monochromatic

#96711D #C99827 #DDB251 #E7C984 #F1DFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#DDB251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#DDB251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB251

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB251	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)

#C6B147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 178, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.125 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc885',
    500: '#ddb251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb251;
$custom-light: #ebc885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.571,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78384,
    "c": 0.12472,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB251

secondary

#AABAE0

accent

#73EA3E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB251

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

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