#DDB256#DDB256

#DDB256 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.121 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB256
RGB	rgb(221, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(41, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(41, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.75, 5.38, 51.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.75, 52.21, 84.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% 0.0122 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.121 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.4213, 47.8877, 15.5478)
Luminance	0.4788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB256 #5681DD

analogous

#DD6F56 #DDB256 #C4DD56

triadic

#DDB256 #56DDB2 #B256DD

tetradic

#DDB256 #56DD6F #5681DD #DD56C4

square

#DDB256 #56DD6F #5681DD #DD56C4

split-complementary

#DDB256 #56C4DD #6F56DD

monochromatic

#9A731F #CD9929 #DDB256 #E7C989 #F2E0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#DDB256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#DDB256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB256

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB256	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.121 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc889',
    500: '#ddb256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb256;
$custom-light: #ebc889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.889,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78439,
    "c": 0.12072,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB256

secondary

#AEBEE1

accent

#51CE17

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB256

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

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