#DDB757#DDB757

#DDB757 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.122 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB757
RGB	rgb(221, 183, 87)
HSL	hsl(43, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.03, 2.82, 52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.03, 52.98, 86.95°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% 0.0049 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.122 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.4749, 49.9300, 16.0992)
Luminance	0.4993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB757 #577DDD

analogous

#DD7457 #DDB757 #C0DD57

triadic

#DDB757 #57DDB7 #B757DD

tetradic

#DDB757 #57DD74 #577DDD #DD57C0

square

#DDB757 #57DD74 #577DDD #DD57C0

split-complementary

#DDB757 #57C0DD #7457DD

monochromatic

#9A771F #CD9F2A #DDB757 #E7CD8A #F2E3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#DDB757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#DDB757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB757

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB757	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 183, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.122 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcc8a',
    500: '#ddb757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb757;
$custom-light: #ebcc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.985,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79443,
    "c": 0.12242,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB757

secondary

#AEBDE1

accent

#4BCE17

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB757

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

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