#DDB455#DDB455

#DDB455 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.122 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB455
RGB	rgb(221, 180, 85)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, 4.26, 52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 53.13, 85.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% 0.0088 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.122 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.7822, 48.6734, 15.4707)
Luminance	0.4867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB455 #557EDD

analogous

#DD7055 #DDB455 #C2DD55

triadic

#DDB455 #55DDB4 #B455DD

tetradic

#DDB455 #55DD70 #557EDD #DD55C2

square

#DDB455 #55DD70 #557EDD #DD55C2

split-complementary

#DDB455 #55C2DD #7055DD

monochromatic

#99741F #CC9B29 #DDB455 #E7CB88 #F1E1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#DDB455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#DDB455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB455

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB455	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)

#C7B34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 180, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.122 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebca88',
    500: '#ddb455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb455;
$custom-light: #ebca88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.912,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78824,
    "c": 0.12249,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB455

secondary

#ADBDE1

accent

#72EA3E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB455

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

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