#DDB255#DDB255

#DDB255 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.122 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB255
RGB	rgb(221, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(41, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(41, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.74, 5.32, 52.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.74, 52.66, 84.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% 0.0119 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.122 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.3813, 47.8717, 15.3371)
Luminance	0.4787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB255 #5580DD

analogous

#DD6E55 #DDB255 #C4DD55

triadic

#DDB255 #55DDB2 #B255DD

tetradic

#DDB255 #55DD6E #5580DD #DD55C4

square

#DDB255 #55DD6E #5580DD #DD55C4

split-complementary

#DDB255 #55C4DD #6E55DD

monochromatic

#99721F #CC9829 #DDB255 #E7C988 #F1E0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#DDB255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#DDB255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB255

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB255	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)

#C5B14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.122 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc888',
    500: '#ddb255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb255;
$custom-light: #ebc888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.029,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78428,
    "c": 0.12153,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB255

secondary

#ADBDE1

accent

#74EA3E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB255

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

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