#DDB659#DDB659

#DDB659 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.120 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB659
RGB	rgb(221, 182, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, 3.48, 51.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 51.82, 86.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% 0.007 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.12 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.3522, 49.5521, 16.4670)
Luminance	0.4955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB659 #5980DD

analogous

#DD7459 #DDB659 #C2DD59

triadic

#DDB659 #59DDB6 #B659DD

tetradic

#DDB659 #59DD74 #5980DD #DD59C2

square

#DDB659 #59DD74 #5980DD #DD59C2

split-complementary

#DDB659 #59C2DD #7459DD

monochromatic

#9C7720 #CF9E2A #DDB659 #E7CC8C #F2E3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#DDB659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#DDB659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB659

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB659	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 182, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.120 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcb8b',
    500: '#ddb659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb659;
$custom-light: #ebcb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.273,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79266,
    "c": 0.1202,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB659

secondary

#B0BFE2

accent

#4DCE18

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB659

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

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