#DDB479#DDB479

#DDB479 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.090 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB479
RGB	rgb(221, 180, 121)
HSL	hsl(35, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(35, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 45.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.70, 7.28, 35.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.70, 36.36, 78.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% 0.0218 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.09 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.5930, 49.3978, 25.0080)
Luminance	0.4940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB479 #79A2DD

analogous

#DD8279 #DDB479 #D4DD79

triadic

#DDB479 #79DDB4 #B479DD

tetradic

#DDB479 #79DD82 #79A2DD #DD79D4

square

#DDB479 #79DD82 #79A2DD #DD79D4

split-complementary

#DDB479 #79D4DD #8279DD

monochromatic

#AF7A2C #D19948 #DDB479 #E9CFAA #F6EBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#DDB479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#DDB479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB479

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB479	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B575

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBF7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECA9A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 180, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.090 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9caa0',
    500: '#ddb479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb479;
$custom-light: #e9caa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79323,
    "c": 0.08972,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB479

secondary

#C9D6E9

accent

#64C71E

background

#FEFCF9

surface

#FDF8F2

border

#D5D1CC

text

#16130F

muted

#84827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB479

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

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