#DDB657#DDB657

#DDB657 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.122 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB657
RGB	rgb(221, 182, 87)
HSL	hsl(43, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.77, 3.34, 52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.77, 52.73, 86.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% 0.0064 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.122 87)
XYZ	xyz(48.2694, 49.5190, 16.0307)
Luminance	0.4952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB657 #577EDD

analogous

#DD7357 #DDB657 #C1DD57

triadic

#DDB657 #57DDB6 #B657DD

tetradic

#DDB657 #57DD73 #577EDD #DD57C1

square

#DDB657 #57DD73 #577EDD #DD57C1

split-complementary

#DDB657 #57C1DD #7357DD

monochromatic

#9A771F #CD9E2A #DDB657 #E7CC8A #F2E2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#DDB657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#DDB657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB657

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB657	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)

#C9B54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 182, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.122 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcb89',
    500: '#ddb657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb657;
$custom-light: #ebcb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.537,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79244,
    "c": 0.12187,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.49516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB657

secondary

#AEBDE1

accent

#4DCE17

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB657

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

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