#DDB257#DDB257

#DDB257 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.120 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB257
RGB	rgb(221, 178, 87)
HSL	hsl(41, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(41, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, 5.45, 51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 51.77, 83.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% 0.0125 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.12 84)
XYZ	xyz(47.4619, 47.9040, 15.7615)
Luminance	0.4790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB257 #5782DD

analogous

#DD6F57 #DDB257 #C5DD57

triadic

#DDB257 #57DDB2 #B257DD

tetradic

#DDB257 #57DD6F #5782DD #DD57C5

square

#DDB257 #57DD6F #5782DD #DD57C5

split-complementary

#DDB257 #57C5DD #6F57DD

monochromatic

#9A731F #CD992A #DDB257 #E7C98A #F2E1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#DDB257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#DDB257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB257

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB257	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	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)

#C5B14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 178, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.120 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc889',
    500: '#ddb257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb257;
$custom-light: #ebc889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.746,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7845,
    "c": 0.1199,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.47901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB257

secondary

#AEBFE1

accent

#52CE17

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB257

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

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