#DDB853#DDB853

#DDB853 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.126 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB853
RGB	rgb(221, 184, 83)
HSL	hsl(44, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(44, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.24, 2.02, 54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.24, 55.03, 87.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% 0.0021 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.126 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.5230, 50.2804, 15.3312)
Luminance	0.5028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB853 #5378DD

analogous

#DD7353 #DDB853 #BDDD53

triadic

#DDB853 #53DDB8 #B853DD

tetradic

#DDB853 #53DD73 #5378DD #DD53BD

square

#DDB853 #53DD73 #5378DD #DD53BD

split-complementary

#DDB853 #53BDDD #7353DD

monochromatic

#98771E #CB9F28 #DDB853 #E7CD86 #F1E2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#DDB853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#DDB853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB853

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB853	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 184, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.126 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcd87',
    500: '#ddb853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb853;
$custom-light: #ebcd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.913,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.796,
    "c": 0.12625,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB853

secondary

#38539C

accent

#6CEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB853

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

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