#DDB656#DDB656

#DDB656 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.123 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB656
RGB	rgb(221, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(43, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.76, 3.27, 53.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.76, 53.18, 86.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.23% 0.0061 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(79.23% 0.123 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.2288, 49.5027, 15.8170)
Luminance	0.4950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB656 #567DDD

analogous

#DD7356 #DDB656 #C0DD56

triadic

#DDB656 #56DDB6 #B656DD

tetradic

#DDB656 #56DD73 #567DDD #DD56C0

square

#DDB656 #56DD73 #567DDD #DD56C0

split-complementary

#DDB656 #56C0DD #7356DD

monochromatic

#9A761F #CD9D29 #DDB656 #E7CC89 #F2E2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#DDB656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#DDB656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB656

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB656	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.123 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcb89',
    500: '#ddb656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb656;
$custom-light: #ebcb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.667,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79232,
    "c": 0.1227,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB656

secondary

#AEBCE1

accent

#4CCE17

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB656

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

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