#DDB277#DDB277

#DDB277 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.091 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB277
RGB	rgb(221, 178, 119)
HSL	hsl(35, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(35, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 46.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, 8.14, 35.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 36.89, 77.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% 0.0241 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.091 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.0708, 48.5475, 24.2351)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB277 #77A2DD

analogous

#DD7F77 #DDB277 #D5DD77

triadic

#DDB277 #77DDB2 #B277DD

tetradic

#DDB277 #77DD7F #77A2DD #DD77D5

square

#DDB277 #77DD7F #77A2DD #DD77D5

split-complementary

#DDB277 #77D5DD #7F77DD

monochromatic

#AE772C #D19646 #DDB277 #E9CEA8 #F5E9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#DDB277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#DDB277 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB277

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB277	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B372

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBD78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA7A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 178, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.091 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac89f',
    500: '#ddb277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb277;
$custom-light: #eac89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.706,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78899,
    "c": 0.09102,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB277

secondary

#C7D5E8

accent

#65C81E

background

#FEFCF9

surface

#FDF8F2

border

#D5D1CC

text

#16130E

muted

#84827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB277

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

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