#DDB351#DDB351

#DDB351 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.125 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB351
RGB	rgb(221, 179, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, 4.53, 54.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 54.66, 85.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% 0.0091 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.125 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.4266, 48.2093, 14.5903)
Luminance	0.4821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB351 #517BDD

analogous

#DD6D51 #DDB351 #C1DD51

triadic

#DDB351 #51DDB3 #B351DD

tetradic

#DDB351 #51DD6D #517BDD #DD51C1

square

#DDB351 #51DD6D #517BDD #DD51C1

split-complementary

#DDB351 #51C1DD #6D51DD

monochromatic

#96721D #C99927 #DDB351 #E7C984 #F1E0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#DDB351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#DDB351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB351

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB351	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 179, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.125 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc986',
    500: '#ddb351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb351;
$custom-light: #ebc986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78582,
    "c": 0.1252,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB351

secondary

#AABAE0

accent

#71EA3E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB351

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

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