#DDB44E#DDB44E

#DDB44E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.128 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB44E
RGB	rgb(221, 180, 78)
HSL	hsl(43, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 64.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, 3.81, 56.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 56.21, 86.11°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% 0.0066 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.128 87)
XYZ	xyz(47.5177, 48.5676, 14.0779)
Luminance	0.4857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB44E #4E77DD

analogous

#DD6C4E #DDB44E #BFDD4E

triadic

#DDB44E #4EDDB4 #B44EDD

tetradic

#DDB44E #4EDD6C #4E77DD #DD4EBF

square

#DDB44E #4EDD6C #4E77DD #DD4EBF

split-complementary

#DDB44E #4EBFDD #6C4EDD

monochromatic

#94721C #C79926 #DDB44E #E7CA81 #F1E0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#DDB44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#DDB44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB44E

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB44E	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 180, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.128 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebca84',
    500: '#ddb44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb44e;
$custom-light: #ebca84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.797,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7875,
    "c": 0.12801,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.48565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB44E

secondary

#A7B7E0

accent

#6FEB3D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB44E

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

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