#DDB556#DDB556

#DDB556 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.122 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB556
RGB	rgb(221, 181, 86)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, 3.80, 52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 52.93, 85.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% 0.0076 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.122 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.0248, 49.0946, 15.7490)
Luminance	0.4909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB556 #567EDD

analogous

#DD7156 #DDB556 #C2DD56

triadic

#DDB556 #56DDB5 #B556DD

tetradic

#DDB556 #56DD71 #567EDD #DD56C2

square

#DDB556 #56DD71 #567EDD #DD56C2

split-complementary

#DDB556 #56C2DD #7156DD

monochromatic

#9A751F #CD9C29 #DDB556 #E7CB89 #F2E2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#DDB556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#DDB556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB556

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB556	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)

#C8B44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 181, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.122 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebca89',
    500: '#ddb556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb556;
$custom-light: #ebca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.222,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79033,
    "c": 0.12218,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB556

secondary

#AEBDE1

accent

#4DCE17

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB556

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

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