#DDB440#DDB440

#DDB440 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.138 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB440
RGB	rgb(221, 180, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, 3.04, 61.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 61.98, 87.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.63% 0.0027 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(78.63% 0.138 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.0681, 48.3878, 11.7102)
Luminance	0.4839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB440 #4069DD

analogous

#DD6540 #DDB440 #B8DD40

triadic

#DDB440 #40DDB4 #B440DD

tetradic

#DDB440 #40DD65 #4069DD #DD40B8

square

#DDB440 #40DD65 #4069DD #DD40B8

split-complementary

#DDB440 #40B8DD #6540DD

monochromatic

#8A6C19 #BE9522 #DDB440 #E6C874 #EFDDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#DDB440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#DDB440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB440

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB440	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 180, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.138 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecca7b',
    500: '#ddb440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb440;
$custom-light: #ecca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.331,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78626,
    "c": 0.13789,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB440

secondary

#9CADDD

accent

#6AED3B

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB440

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

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