#DDB252#DDB252

#DDB252 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.124 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB252
RGB	rgb(221, 178, 82)
HSL	hsl(41, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 62.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, 5.12, 53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 53.99, 84.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% 0.0109 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.124 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.2647, 47.8251, 14.7227)
Luminance	0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB252 #527DDD

analogous

#DD6D52 #DDB252 #C3DD52

triadic

#DDB252 #52DDB2 #B252DD

tetradic

#DDB252 #52DD6D #527DDD #DD52C3

square

#DDB252 #52DD6D #527DDD #DD52C3

split-complementary

#DDB252 #52C3DD #6D52DD

monochromatic

#97711E #CA9828 #DDB252 #E7C985 #F1E0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#DDB252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#DDB252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB252

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB252	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)

#C5B148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 178, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.124 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc886',
    500: '#ddb252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb252;
$custom-light: #ebc886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.439,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78395,
    "c": 0.12393,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB252

secondary

#AABBE0

accent

#73EA3E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB252

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

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