#DDB553#DDB553

#DDB553 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.125 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB553
RGB	rgb(221, 181, 83)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, 3.60, 54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 54.26, 86.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79% 0.0066 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.125 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.9064, 49.0473, 15.1257)
Luminance	0.4904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB553 #537BDD

analogous

#DD7053 #DDB553 #C0DD53

triadic

#DDB553 #53DDB5 #B553DD

tetradic

#DDB553 #53DD70 #537BDD #DD53C0

square

#DDB553 #53DD70 #537BDD #DD53C0

split-complementary

#DDB553 #53C0DD #7053DD

monochromatic

#98741E #CB9C28 #DDB553 #E7CB86 #F1E1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#DDB553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#DDB553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB553

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB553	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 181, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.125 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebca87',
    500: '#ddb553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb553;
$custom-light: #ebca87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.609,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79001,
    "c": 0.12461,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB553

secondary

#ABBBE1

accent

#70EA3E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB553

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

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