#DDB557#DDB557

#DDB557 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.121 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB557
RGB	rgb(221, 181, 87)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, 3.87, 52.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 52.48, 85.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% 0.0079 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.121 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.0653, 49.1108, 15.9626)
Luminance	0.4911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB557 #577FDD

analogous

#DD7257 #DDB557 #C2DD57

triadic

#DDB557 #57DDB5 #B557DD

tetradic

#DDB557 #57DD72 #577FDD #DD57C2

square

#DDB557 #57DD72 #577FDD #DD57C2

split-complementary

#DDB557 #57C2DD #7257DD

monochromatic

#9A761F #CD9C2A #DDB557 #E7CB8A #F2E2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#DDB557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#DDB557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB557

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB557	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)

#C8B44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 181, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.121 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebca89',
    500: '#ddb557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb557;
$custom-light: #ebca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.09,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79045,
    "c": 0.12135,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB557

secondary

#AEBEE1

accent

#4ECE17

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB557

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

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