#DDB651#DDB651

#DDB651 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.127 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB651
RGB	rgb(221, 182, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, 2.94, 55.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 55.39, 86.95°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% 0.0045 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.127 88)
XYZ	xyz(48.0344, 49.4250, 14.7929)
Luminance	0.4942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB651 #5178DD

analogous

#DD7051 #DDB651 #BEDD51

triadic

#DDB651 #51DDB6 #B651DD

tetradic

#DDB651 #51DD70 #5178DD #DD51BE

square

#DDB651 #51DD70 #5178DD #DD51BE

split-complementary

#DDB651 #51BEDD #7051DD

monochromatic

#96751D #C99C27 #DDB651 #E7CB84 #F1E1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#DDB651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#DDB651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB651

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB651	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 182, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.127 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcb86',
    500: '#ddb651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb651;
$custom-light: #ebcb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.286,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79179,
    "c": 0.12673,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.49422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB651

secondary

#AAB9E0

accent

#6EEA3E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB651

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

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