#DDB856#DDB856

#DDB856 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.124 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB856
RGB	rgb(221, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(44, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, 2.22, 53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 53.69, 87.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% 0.003 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.124 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.6413, 50.3278, 15.9545)
Luminance	0.5032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB856 #567BDD

analogous

#DD7556 #DDB856 #BEDD56

triadic

#DDB856 #56DDB8 #B856DD

tetradic

#DDB856 #56DD75 #567BDD #DD56BE

square

#DDB856 #56DD75 #567BDD #DD56BE

split-complementary

#DDB856 #56BEDD #7556DD

monochromatic

#9A781F #CDA029 #DDB856 #E7CD89 #F2E3BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#DDB856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#DDB856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB856

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB856	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.124 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcd89',
    500: '#ddb856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb856;
$custom-light: #ebcd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.556,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79632,
    "c": 0.12381,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB856

secondary

#3A559E

accent

#49CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF4

border

#D6D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB856

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

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