#DDB85E#DDB85E

#DDB85E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.117 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB85E
RGB	rgb(221, 184, 94)
HSL	hsl(43, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(43, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 57.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.35, 2.79, 49.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.35, 50.06, 86.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% 0.0056 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.117 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.9819, 50.4640, 17.7480)
Luminance	0.5046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB85E #5E83DD

analogous

#DD795E #DDB85E #C2DD5E

triadic

#DDB85E #5EDDB8 #B85EDD

tetradic

#DDB85E #5EDD79 #5E83DD #DD5EC2

square

#DDB85E #5EDD79 #5E83DD #DD5EC2

split-complementary

#DDB85E #5EC2DD #795EDD

monochromatic

#9F7A22 #D2A12C #DDB85E #E8CE91 #F2E5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#DDB85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#DDB85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB85E

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB85E	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)

#CAB755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 184, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.117 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacd8e',
    500: '#ddb85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb85e;
$custom-light: #eacd8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.52,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79724,
    "c": 0.11697,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB85E

secondary

#3D5AA2

accent

#4DCD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF4

border

#D6D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB85E

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

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