#DDB562#DDB562

#DDB562 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.112 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB562
RGB	rgb(221, 181, 98)
HSL	hsl(40, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(40, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 55.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.64, 4.68, 47.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.64, 47.43, 84.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% 0.0117 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.112 84)
XYZ	xyz(48.5495, 49.3045, 18.5124)
Luminance	0.4930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB562 #628ADD

analogous

#DD7862 #DDB562 #C7DD62

triadic

#DDB562 #62DDB5 #B562DD

tetradic

#DDB562 #62DD78 #628ADD #DD62C7

square

#DDB562 #62DD78 #628ADD #DD62C7

split-complementary

#DDB562 #62C7DD #7862DD

monochromatic

#A27823 #D29D30 #DDB562 #E8CD94 #F3E4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#DDB562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#DDB562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB562

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB562	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)

#C7B45B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDA8A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 181, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.112 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacb91',
    500: '#ddb562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb562;
$custom-light: #eacb91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.488,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79178,
    "c": 0.11183,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.49302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB562

secondary

#B7C6E4

accent

#53CC19

background

#FEFCF9

surface

#FDF8F1

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB562

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

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