#DDB254#DDB254

#DDB254 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.122 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB254
RGB	rgb(221, 178, 84)
HSL	hsl(41, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(41, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 62%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, 5.25, 52.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 53.11, 84.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% 0.0116 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.122 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.3419, 47.8560, 15.1294)
Luminance	0.4785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB254 #547FDD

analogous

#DD6E54 #DDB254 #C3DD54

triadic

#DDB254 #54DDB2 #B254DD

tetradic

#DDB254 #54DD6E #547FDD #DD54C3

square

#DDB254 #54DD6E #547FDD #DD54C3

split-complementary

#DDB254 #54C3DD #6E54DD

monochromatic

#98721E #CB9828 #DDB254 #E7C987 #F1E0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#DDB254 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#DDB254 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB254

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB254	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB254	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)

#C5B14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb254;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 178, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.122 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc887',
    500: '#ddb254',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb254;
$custom-light: #ebc887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb254",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.168,
    "s": 66.829,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78416,
    "c": 0.12234,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB254

secondary

#ACBDE1

accent

#74EA3E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB254

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

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