#DDB449#DDB449

#DDB449 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.132 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB449
RGB	rgb(221, 180, 73)
HSL	hsl(43, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, 3.52, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 58.33, 86.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% 0.0051 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.132 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.3452, 48.4986, 13.1695)
Luminance	0.4850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB449 #4972DD

analogous

#DD6A49 #DDB449 #BCDD49

triadic

#DDB449 #49DDB4 #B449DD

tetradic

#DDB449 #49DD6A #4972DD #DD49BC

square

#DDB449 #49DD6A #4972DD #DD49BC

split-complementary

#DDB449 #49BCDD #6A49DD

monochromatic

#91701B #C49825 #DDB449 #E7C97D #F0DEB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#DDB449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#DDB449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB449

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB449	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 180, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.132 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebca81',
    500: '#ddb449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb449;
$custom-light: #ebca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.378,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78703,
    "c": 0.13172,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB449

secondary

#A3B4DF

accent

#6DEB3C

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB449

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

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