#DDB549#DDB549

#DDB549 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.132 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB549
RGB	rgb(221, 181, 73)
HSL	hsl(44, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, 2.99, 58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 58.57, 87.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% 0.0036 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.132 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.5478, 48.9038, 13.2370)
Luminance	0.4890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB549 #4971DD

analogous

#DD6B49 #DDB549 #BBDD49

triadic

#DDB549 #49DDB5 #B549DD

tetradic

#DDB549 #49DD6B #4971DD #DD49BB

square

#DDB549 #49DD6B #4971DD #DD49BB

split-complementary

#DDB549 #49BBDD #6B49DD

monochromatic

#91711B #C49925 #DDB549 #E7CA7D #F0DFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#DDB549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#DDB549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB549

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB549	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)

#C9B33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 181, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.132 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebca81',
    500: '#ddb549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb549;
$custom-light: #ebca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.784,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78902,
    "c": 0.13224,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB549

secondary

#A3B3DF

accent

#6CEB3C

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB549

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

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