#DDB550#DDB550

#DDB550 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.127 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB550
RGB	rgb(221, 181, 80)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, 3.41, 55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 55.58, 86.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% 0.0057 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.127 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.7931, 49.0019, 14.5289)
Luminance	0.4900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB550 #5078DD

analogous

#DD6F50 #DDB550 #BEDD50

triadic

#DDB550 #50DDB5 #B550DD

tetradic

#DDB550 #50DD6F #5078DD #DD50BE

square

#DDB550 #50DD6F #5078DD #DD50BE

split-complementary

#DDB550 #50BEDD #6F50DD

monochromatic

#96731D #C99B27 #DDB550 #E7CB83 #F1E0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#DDB550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#DDB550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB550

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB550	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 181, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.127 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebca85',
    500: '#ddb550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb550;
$custom-light: #ebca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.979,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7897,
    "c": 0.12698,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB550

secondary

#A9B8E0

accent

#6EEA3D

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB550

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

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