#DDB559#DDB559

#DDB559 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.120 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB559
RGB	rgb(221, 181, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, 4.01, 51.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 51.58, 85.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% 0.0086 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.12 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.1482, 49.1440, 16.3990)
Luminance	0.4914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB559 #5981DD

analogous

#DD7359 #DDB559 #C3DD59

triadic

#DDB559 #59DDB5 #B559DD

tetradic

#DDB559 #59DD73 #5981DD #DD59C3

square

#DDB559 #59DD73 #5981DD #DD59C3

split-complementary

#DDB559 #59C3DD #7359DD

monochromatic

#9C7620 #CF9D2A #DDB559 #E7CC8C #F2E2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#DDB559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#DDB559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB559

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB559	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 181, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.120 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebca8b',
    500: '#ddb559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb559;
$custom-light: #ebca8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.818,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79067,
    "c": 0.11967,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB559

secondary

#B0BFE2

accent

#4FCE18

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB559

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

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