#DDB951#DDB951

#DDB951 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.128 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB951
RGB	rgb(221, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, 1.37, 56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 56.17, 88.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% -0.0001 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.128 90)
XYZ	xyz(48.6554, 50.6669, 14.9999)
Luminance	0.5066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB951 #5175DD

analogous

#DD7351 #DDB951 #BBDD51

triadic

#DDB951 #51DDB9 #B951DD

tetradic

#DDB951 #51DD73 #5175DD #DD51BB

square

#DDB951 #51DD73 #5175DD #DD51BB

split-complementary

#DDB951 #51BBDD #7351DD

monochromatic

#96771D #C9A027 #DDB951 #E7CE84 #F1E2B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#DDB951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#DDB951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB951

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB951	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.128 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcd86',
    500: '#ddb951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb951;
$custom-light: #ebcd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.571,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7978,
    "c": 0.12843,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.50664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB951

secondary

#38519B

accent

#6AEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB951

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

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