#DDB551#DDB551

#DDB551 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.126 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB551
RGB	rgb(221, 181, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.46, 3.47, 55.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.46, 55.14, 86.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% 0.006 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.126 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.8303, 49.0168, 14.7249)
Luminance	0.4901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB551 #5179DD

analogous

#DD6F51 #DDB551 #BFDD51

triadic

#DDB551 #51DDB5 #B551DD

tetradic

#DDB551 #51DD6F #5179DD #DD51BF

square

#DDB551 #51DD6F #5179DD #DD51BF

split-complementary

#DDB551 #51BFDD #6F51DD

monochromatic

#96741D #C99B27 #DDB551 #E7CB84 #F1E1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#DDB551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#DDB551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB551

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB551	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)

#C8B446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 181, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.126 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebca86',
    500: '#ddb551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb551;
$custom-light: #ebca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7898,
    "c": 0.12619,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB551

secondary

#AAB9E0

accent

#6FEA3E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB551

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

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