#DDB259#DDB259

#DDB259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.118 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB259
RGB	rgb(221, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(40, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, 5.59, 50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 50.86, 83.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% 0.0132 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.118 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.5447, 47.9371, 16.1978)
Luminance	0.4793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB259 #5984DD

analogous

#DD7059 #DDB259 #C6DD59

triadic

#DDB259 #59DDB2 #B259DD

tetradic

#DDB259 #59DD70 #5984DD #DD59C6

square

#DDB259 #59DD70 #5984DD #DD59C6

split-complementary

#DDB259 #59C6DD #7059DD

monochromatic

#9C7320 #CF992A #DDB259 #E7CA8C #F2E1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#DDB259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#DDB259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB259

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB259	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.118 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc88b',
    500: '#ddb259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb259;
$custom-light: #ebc88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.455,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78473,
    "c": 0.11824,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB259

secondary

#B0C0E2

accent

#53CE18

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB259

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

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