#DDB855#DDB855

#DDB855 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.125 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB855
RGB	rgb(221, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(44, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(44, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.26, 2.15, 54.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.26, 54.14, 87.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% 0.0027 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.125 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.6013, 50.3118, 15.7438)
Luminance	0.5031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB855 #557ADD

analogous

#DD7455 #DDB855 #BEDD55

triadic

#DDB855 #55DDB8 #B855DD

tetradic

#DDB855 #55DD74 #557ADD #DD55BE

square

#DDB855 #55DD74 #557ADD #DD55BE

split-complementary

#DDB855 #55BEDD #7455DD

monochromatic

#99781F #CCA029 #DDB855 #E7CD88 #F1E3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#DDB855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#DDB855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB855

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB855	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)

#CBB64B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.125 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcd88',
    500: '#ddb855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb855;
$custom-light: #ebcd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.676,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79621,
    "c": 0.12463,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB855

secondary

#39549D

accent

#6DEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF4

border

#D6D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB855

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

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