#DDB273#DDB273

#DDB273 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.095 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB273
RGB	rgb(221, 178, 115)
HSL	hsl(36, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(36, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 48%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, 7.75, 37.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 38.76, 78.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% 0.0226 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.095 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.8356, 48.4535, 22.9965)
Luminance	0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB273 #739EDD

analogous

#DD7D73 #DDB273 #D3DD73

triadic

#DDB273 #73DDB2 #B273DD

tetradic

#DDB273 #73DD7D #739EDD #DD73D3

square

#DDB273 #73DD7D #739EDD #DD73D3

split-complementary

#DDB273 #73D3DD #7D73DD

monochromatic

#AC772A #D19742 #DDB273 #E9CDA4 #F5E8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#DDB273 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#DDB273 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB273

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB273	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB273	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B36E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBD75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb273;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 178, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.095 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac89c',
    500: '#ddb273',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb273;
$custom-light: #eac89c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb273",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.66,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78833,
    "c": 0.0948,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB273

secondary

#C4D3E7

accent

#63C91D

background

#FEFCF9

surface

#FDF8F2

border

#D5D1CC

text

#16130E

muted

#84827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB273

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

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