#DDB340#DDB340

#DDB340 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.137 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB340
RGB	rgb(221, 179, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, 3.57, 61.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 61.75, 86.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% 0.0042 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.137 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.8670, 47.9855, 11.6431)
Luminance	0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB340 #406ADD

analogous

#DD6440 #DDB340 #B8DD40

triadic

#DDB340 #40DDB3 #B340DD

tetradic

#DDB340 #40DD64 #406ADD #DD40B8

square

#DDB340 #40DD64 #406ADD #DD40B8

split-complementary

#DDB340 #40B8DD #6440DD

monochromatic

#8A6C19 #BE9422 #DDB340 #E6C874 #EFDCA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#DDB340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#DDB340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB340

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB340	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 179, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.137 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc97b',
    500: '#ddb340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb340;
$custom-light: #ecc97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.949,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78426,
    "c": 0.13738,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB340

secondary

#9CADDD

accent

#6BED3B

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB340

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

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