#DDB253#DDB253

#DDB253 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.123 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB253
RGB	rgb(221, 178, 83)
HSL	hsl(41, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(41, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, 5.18, 53.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 53.55, 84.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% 0.0112 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.123 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.3030, 47.8404, 14.9246)
Luminance	0.4784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB253 #537EDD

analogous

#DD6D53 #DDB253 #C3DD53

triadic

#DDB253 #53DDB2 #B253DD

tetradic

#DDB253 #53DD6D #537EDD #DD53C3

square

#DDB253 #53DD6D #537EDD #DD53C3

split-complementary

#DDB253 #53C3DD #6D53DD

monochromatic

#98721E #CB9828 #DDB253 #E7C986 #F1E0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#DDB253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#DDB253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB253

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB253	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 178, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.123 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc887',
    500: '#ddb253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb253;
$custom-light: #ebc887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.304,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78406,
    "c": 0.12314,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB253

secondary

#ABBCE1

accent

#73EA3E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB253

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

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