#DDB959#DDB959

#DDB959 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.122 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB959
RGB	rgb(221, 185, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(44, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, 1.91, 52.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 52.61, 87.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% 0.0025 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.122 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.9732, 50.7940, 16.6740)
Luminance	0.5079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB959 #597DDD

analogous

#DD7759 #DDB959 #BFDD59

triadic

#DDB959 #59DDB9 #B959DD

tetradic

#DDB959 #59DD77 #597DDD #DD59BF

square

#DDB959 #59DD77 #597DDD #DD59BF

split-complementary

#DDB959 #59BFDD #7759DD

monochromatic

#9C7A20 #CFA22A #DDB959 #E7CE8C #F2E4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DDB959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#DDB959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB959

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB959	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 185, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.122 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcd8b',
    500: '#ddb959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb959;
$custom-light: #ebcd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79865,
    "c": 0.12187,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB959

secondary

#3B56A0

accent

#49CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF4

border

#D6D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB959

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

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