#DDB561#DDB561

#DDB561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.113 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB561
RGB	rgb(221, 181, 97)
HSL	hsl(41, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(41, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 56.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.63, 4.61, 47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.63, 47.90, 84.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% 0.0113 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.113 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.5026, 49.2857, 18.2653)
Luminance	0.4928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB561 #6189DD

analogous

#DD7761 #DDB561 #C7DD61

triadic

#DDB561 #61DDB5 #B561DD

tetradic

#DDB561 #61DD77 #6189DD #DD61C7

square

#DDB561 #61DD77 #6189DD #DD61C7

split-complementary

#DDB561 #61C7DD #7761DD

monochromatic

#A17823 #D29D2F #DDB561 #E8CD93 #F3E4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#DDB561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#DDB561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB561

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB561	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA8A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 181, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.113 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacb90',
    500: '#ddb561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb561;
$custom-light: #eacb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.645,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79165,
    "c": 0.11272,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB561

secondary

#B6C5E4

accent

#53CC19

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB561

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

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