#DDB450#DDB450

#DDB450 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.126 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB450
RGB	rgb(221, 180, 80)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, 3.93, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 55.34, 85.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% 0.0072 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.126 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.5905, 48.5967, 14.4613)
Luminance	0.4859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB450 #5079DD

analogous

#DD6E50 #DDB450 #C0DD50

triadic

#DDB450 #50DDB4 #B450DD

tetradic

#DDB450 #50DD6E #5079DD #DD50C0

square

#DDB450 #50DD6E #5079DD #DD50C0

split-complementary

#DDB450 #50C0DD #6E50DD

monochromatic

#96731D #C99A27 #DDB450 #E7CA83 #F1E0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#DDB450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#DDB450 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB450

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB450	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 180, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.126 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebca85',
    500: '#ddb450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb450;
$custom-light: #ebca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.553,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78771,
    "c": 0.12647,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB450

secondary

#A9B9E0

accent

#70EA3D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB450

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

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