#DDBA59#DDBA59

#DDBA59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.122 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBA59
RGB	rgb(221, 186, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(44, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, 1.38, 52.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 52.88, 88.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% 0.0009 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.122 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.1832, 51.2139, 16.7439)
Luminance	0.5121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBA59 #597CDD

analogous

#DD7859 #DDBA59 #BEDD59

triadic

#DDBA59 #59DDBA #BA59DD

tetradic

#DDBA59 #59DD78 #597CDD #DD59BE

square

#DDBA59 #59DD78 #597CDD #DD59BE

split-complementary

#DDBA59 #59BEDD #7859DD

monochromatic

#9C7B20 #CFA32A #DDBA59 #E7CF8C #F2E4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#DDBA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#DDBA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBA59

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBA59	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddba59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 186, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.122 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebce8b',
    500: '#ddba59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddba59;
$custom-light: #ebce8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddba59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.091,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80066,
    "c": 0.12247,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBA59

secondary

#3B55A0

accent

#48CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF4

border

#D6D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBA59

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

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