#DDB444#DDB444

#DDB444 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.135 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB444
RGB	rgb(221, 180, 68)
HSL	hsl(44, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(44, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 69.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, 3.24, 60.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 60.39, 86.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% 0.0038 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.135 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.1861, 48.4350, 12.3313)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB444 #446DDD

analogous

#DD6844 #DDB444 #B9DD44

triadic

#DDB444 #44DDB4 #B444DD

tetradic

#DDB444 #44DD68 #446DDD #DD44B9

square

#DDB444 #44DD68 #446DDD #DD44B9

split-complementary

#DDB444 #44B9DD #6844DD

monochromatic

#8D6E1A #C19623 #DDB444 #E6C978 #F0DEAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#DDB444 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#DDB444 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB444

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB444	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB444	1.00	1.97	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb444;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 180, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.135 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecca7e',
    500: '#ddb444',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb444;
$custom-light: #ecca7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb444",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.922,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78658,
    "c": 0.13523,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB444

secondary

#9FB0DE

accent

#6BEC3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB444

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

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