#DDB85C#DDB85C

#DDB85C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.119 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB85C
RGB	rgb(221, 184, 92)
HSL	hsl(43, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(43, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 58.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, 2.65, 50.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 50.98, 87.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% 0.005 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.119 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.8933, 50.4286, 17.2815)
Luminance	0.5043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB85C #5C81DD

analogous

#DD785C #DDB85C #C1DD5C

triadic

#DDB85C #5CDDB8 #B85CDD

tetradic

#DDB85C #5CDD78 #5C81DD #DD5CC1

square

#DDB85C #5CDD78 #5C81DD #DD5CC1

split-complementary

#DDB85C #5CC1DD #785CDD

monochromatic

#9E7A21 #D0A12B #DDB85C #E8CE8F #F2E4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#DDB85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#DDB85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB85C

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB85C	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 184, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.119 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcd8d',
    500: '#ddb85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb85c;
$custom-light: #ebcd8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.791,
    "s": 65.482,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.797,
    "c": 0.11871,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB85C

secondary

#3C59A1

accent

#4CCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF4

border

#D6D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB85C

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

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