#DDB555#DDB555

#DDB555 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.123 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB555
RGB	rgb(221, 181, 85)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.50, 3.73, 53.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.50, 53.37, 85.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% 0.0073 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.123 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.9848, 49.0786, 15.5383)
Luminance	0.4908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB555 #557DDD

analogous

#DD7155 #DDB555 #C1DD55

triadic

#DDB555 #55DDB5 #B555DD

tetradic

#DDB555 #55DD71 #557DDD #DD55C1

square

#DDB555 #55DD71 #557DDD #DD55C1

split-complementary

#DDB555 #55C1DD #7155DD

monochromatic

#99751F #CC9C29 #DDB555 #E7CB88 #F1E1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#DDB555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#DDB555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB555

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB555	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 181, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.123 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebca88',
    500: '#ddb555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb555;
$custom-light: #ebca88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79022,
    "c": 0.123,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB555

secondary

#ADBCE1

accent

#71EA3E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB555

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

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