#DDB459#DDB459

#DDB459 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.119 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB459
RGB	rgb(221, 180, 89)
HSL	hsl(41, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(41, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, 4.54, 51.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 51.33, 84.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.87% 0.0101 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(78.87% 0.119 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.9456, 48.7388, 16.3314)
Luminance	0.4874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB459 #5982DD

analogous

#DD7259 #DDB459 #C4DD59

triadic

#DDB459 #59DDB4 #B459DD

tetradic

#DDB459 #59DD72 #5982DD #DD59C4

square

#DDB459 #59DD72 #5982DD #DD59C4

split-complementary

#DDB459 #59C4DD #7259DD

monochromatic

#9C7520 #CF9B2A #DDB459 #E7CB8C #F2E2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#DDB459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#DDB459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB459

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB459	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 180, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.119 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebca8b',
    500: '#ddb459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb459;
$custom-light: #ebca8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.364,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78869,
    "c": 0.11917,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB459

secondary

#B0BFE2

accent

#50CE18

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB459

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

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