#DDBB57#DDBB57

#DDBB57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.125 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBB57
RGB	rgb(221, 187, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, 0.72, 54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 54.06, 89.24°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.0012 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.125 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.3117, 51.6036, 16.3781)
Luminance	0.5160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBB57 #5779DD

analogous

#DD7857 #DDBB57 #BCDD57

triadic

#DDBB57 #57DDBB #BB57DD

tetradic

#DDBB57 #57DD78 #5779DD #DD57BC

square

#DDBB57 #57DD78 #5779DD #DD57BC

split-complementary

#DDBB57 #57BCDD #7857DD

monochromatic

#9A7B1F #CDA42A #DDBB57 #E7D08A #F2E4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#DDBB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#DDBB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBB57

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBB57	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 187, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.125 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcf8a',
    500: '#ddbb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbb57;
$custom-light: #ebcf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.776,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80244,
    "c": 0.12478,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBB57

secondary

#3A539E

accent

#46CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBB57

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

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