#DDB978#DDB978

#DDB978 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.093 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB978
RGB	rgb(221, 185, 120)
HSL	hsl(39, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(39, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 45.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, 4.53, 37.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 37.99, 83.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% 0.0136 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.093 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.5597, 51.4286, 25.0292)
Luminance	0.5143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB978 #789CDD

analogous

#DD8778 #DDB978 #CEDD78

triadic

#DDB978 #78DDB9 #B978DD

tetradic

#DDB978 #78DD87 #789CDD #DD78CE

square

#DDB978 #78DD87 #789CDD #DD78CE

split-complementary

#DDB978 #78CEDD #8778DD

monochromatic

#AF802C #D1A047 #DDB978 #E9D2A9 #F6ECDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#DDB978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#DDB978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB978

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB978	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B973

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C27A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECAEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 185, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.093 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cda0',
    500: '#ddb978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb978;
$custom-light: #e9cda0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.614,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80292,
    "c": 0.09279,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB978

secondary

#486EB1

accent

#5AC71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF5

border

#D6D3CF

text

#16130F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB978

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

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