#DDB453#DDB453

#DDB453 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.124 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB453
RGB	rgb(221, 180, 83)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, 4.13, 53.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 54.02, 85.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% 0.0082 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.124 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7038, 48.6421, 15.0582)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB453 #537CDD

analogous

#DD6F53 #DDB453 #C1DD53

triadic

#DDB453 #53DDB4 #B453DD

tetradic

#DDB453 #53DD6F #537CDD #DD53C1

square

#DDB453 #53DD6F #537CDD #DD53C1

split-complementary

#DDB453 #53C1DD #6F53DD

monochromatic

#98731E #CB9A28 #DDB453 #E7CA86 #F1E1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#DDB453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#DDB453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB453

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB453	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 180, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.124 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebca87',
    500: '#ddb453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb453;
$custom-light: #ebca87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.174,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78802,
    "c": 0.1241,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB453

secondary

#ABBBE1

accent

#71EA3E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB453

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

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