#DDB478#DDB478

#DDB478 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.091 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB478
RGB	rgb(221, 180, 120)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(36, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 45.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, 7.18, 36.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 36.83, 78.76°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% 0.0214 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.091 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.5320, 49.3734, 24.6867)
Luminance	0.4937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB478 #78A1DD

analogous

#DD8278 #DDB478 #D3DD78

triadic

#DDB478 #78DDB4 #B478DD

tetradic

#DDB478 #78DD82 #78A1DD #DD78D3

square

#DDB478 #78DD82 #78A1DD #DD78D3

split-complementary

#DDB478 #78D3DD #8278DD

monochromatic

#AF7A2C #D19947 #DDB478 #E9CFA9 #F6EADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#DDB478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#DDB478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB478

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB478	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBF7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA9A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 180, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.091 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9caa0',
    500: '#ddb478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb478;
$custom-light: #e9caa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.644,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79307,
    "c": 0.09069,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB478

secondary

#C8D5E9

accent

#63C71E

background

#FEFCF9

surface

#FDF8F2

border

#D5D1CC

text

#16130E

muted

#84827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB478

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

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