#DDB981#DDB981

#DDB981 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.084 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB981
RGB	rgb(221, 185, 129)
HSL	hsl(37, 58%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(37, 42%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 41.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, 5.46, 33.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 33.67, 80.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% 0.0172 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.084 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.1317, 51.6575, 28.0422)
Luminance	0.5165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB981 #81A5DD

analogous

#DD8B81 #DDB981 #D3DD81

triadic

#DDB981 #81DDB9 #B981DD

tetradic

#DDB981 #81DD8B #81A5DD #DD81D3

square

#DDB981 #81DD8B #81A5DD #DD81D3

split-complementary

#DDB981 #81D3DD #8B81DD

monochromatic

#B38030 #D09E51 #DDB981 #EAD4B1 #F7EFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#DDB981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#DDB981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB981

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB981	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B97D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C282

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBAFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 185, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.084 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9cda6',
    500: '#ddb981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb981;
$custom-light: #e9cda6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.522,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80445,
    "c": 0.08367,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB981

secondary

#4E76B4

accent

#61C520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFAF6

border

#D5D3D0

text

#16130F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB981

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

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