#DDB962#DDB962

#DDB962 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.114 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB962
RGB	rgb(221, 185, 98)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 55.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.65, 2.58, 48.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.65, 48.47, 86.95°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% 0.0055 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.114 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.3745, 50.9546, 18.7874)
Luminance	0.5095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB962 #6286DD

analogous

#DD7B62 #DDB962 #C4DD62

triadic

#DDB962 #62DDB9 #B962DD

tetradic

#DDB962 #62DD7B #6286DD #DD62C4

square

#DDB962 #62DD7B #6286DD #DD62C4

split-complementary

#DDB962 #62C4DD #7B62DD

monochromatic

#A27D23 #D2A330 #DDB962 #E8CF94 #F3E6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DDB962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#DDB962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB962

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB962	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB75A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C165

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 185, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.114 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eacd91',
    500: '#ddb962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb962;
$custom-light: #eacd91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.439,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79973,
    "c": 0.11396,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB962

secondary

#3E5CA5

accent

#4ECC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF4

border

#D6D3CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB962

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

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