#DDB278#DDB278

#DDB278 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.090 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB278
RGB	rgb(221, 178, 120)
HSL	hsl(34, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(34, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 45.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, 8.24, 35.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 36.42, 76.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% 0.0245 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.09 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.1312, 48.5717, 24.5531)
Luminance	0.4857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB278 #78A3DD

analogous

#DD8078 #DDB278 #D6DD78

triadic

#DDB278 #78DDB2 #B278DD

tetradic

#DDB278 #78DD80 #78A3DD #DD78D6

square

#DDB278 #78DD80 #78A3DD #DD78D6

split-complementary

#DDB278 #78D6DD #8078DD

monochromatic

#AF772C #D19647 #DDB278 #E9CEA9 #F6EADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#DDB278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#DDB278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB278

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB278	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)

#C2B374

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBD79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA7A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 178, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.090 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9c89f',
    500: '#ddb278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb278;
$custom-light: #e9c89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.455,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78915,
    "c": 0.09007,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB278

secondary

#C8D6E9

accent

#66C71E

background

#FEFCF9

surface

#FDF8F2

border

#D5D1CC

text

#16130E

muted

#84827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB278

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

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