#DDB462#DDB462

#DDB462 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.111 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB462
RGB	rgb(221, 180, 98)
HSL	hsl(40, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(40, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 55.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, 5.21, 46.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 47.19, 83.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% 0.0132 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.111 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.3469, 48.8993, 18.4449)
Luminance	0.4890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB462 #628BDD

analogous

#DD7662 #DDB462 #C9DD62

triadic

#DDB462 #62DDB4 #B462DD

tetradic

#DDB462 #62DD76 #628BDD #DD62C9

square

#DDB462 #62DD76 #628BDD #DD62C9

split-complementary

#DDB462 #62C9DD #7662DD

monochromatic

#A27723 #D29C30 #DDB462 #E8CC94 #F3E4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#DDB462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#DDB462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB462

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB462	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)

#C6B45B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 180, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.111 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaca91',
    500: '#ddb462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb462;
$custom-light: #eaca91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7898,
    "c": 0.11135,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB462

secondary

#B7C6E4

accent

#55CC19

background

#FEFCF9

surface

#FDF8F1

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB462

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

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