#DDB357#DDB357

#DDB357 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.120 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB357
RGB	rgb(221, 179, 87)
HSL	hsl(41, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(41, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, 4.92, 51.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 52.00, 84.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% 0.011 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.12 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.6616, 48.3033, 15.8281)
Luminance	0.4830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB357 #5781DD

analogous

#DD7057 #DDB357 #C4DD57

triadic

#DDB357 #57DDB3 #B357DD

tetradic

#DDB357 #57DD70 #5781DD #DD57C4

square

#DDB357 #57DD70 #5781DD #DD57C4

split-complementary

#DDB357 #57C4DD #7057DD

monochromatic

#9A741F #CD9A2A #DDB357 #E7CA8A #F2E1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#DDB357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#DDB357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB357

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB357	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 179, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.120 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc989',
    500: '#ddb357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb357;
$custom-light: #ebc989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.194,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78648,
    "c": 0.12036,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB357

secondary

#AEBEE1

accent

#51CE17

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB357

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

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