#DDB461#DDB461

#DDB461 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.112 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB461
RGB	rgb(221, 180, 97)
HSL	hsl(40, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 56.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, 5.13, 47.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 47.66, 83.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% 0.0128 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.112 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.3000, 48.8805, 18.1978)
Luminance	0.4888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB461 #618ADD

analogous

#DD7661 #DDB461 #C8DD61

triadic

#DDB461 #61DDB4 #B461DD

tetradic

#DDB461 #61DD76 #618ADD #DD61C8

square

#DDB461 #61DD76 #618ADD #DD61C8

split-complementary

#DDB461 #61C8DD #7661DD

monochromatic

#A17723 #D29C2F #DDB461 #E8CC93 #F3E4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#DDB461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#DDB461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB461

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB461	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B359

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 180, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.112 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaca90',
    500: '#ddb461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb461;
$custom-light: #eaca90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.161,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78967,
    "c": 0.11224,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB461

secondary

#B6C5E4

accent

#54CC19

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB461

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

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