#DDBB59#DDBB59

#DDBB59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.123 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBB59
RGB	rgb(221, 187, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, 0.86, 53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 53.16, 89.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% -0.0006 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.123 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.3946, 51.6367, 16.8144)
Luminance	0.5163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBB59 #597BDD

analogous

#DD7959 #DDBB59 #BDDD59

triadic

#DDBB59 #59DDBB #BB59DD

tetradic

#DDBB59 #59DD79 #597BDD #DD59BD

square

#DDBB59 #59DD79 #597BDD #DD59BD

split-complementary

#DDBB59 #59BDDD #7959DD

monochromatic

#9C7C20 #CFA42A #DDBB59 #E7D08C #F2E5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#DDBB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#DDBB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBB59

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBB59	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)

#CDB94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 187, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.123 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcf8b',
    500: '#ddbb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbb59;
$custom-light: #ebcf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.545,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80267,
    "c": 0.12309,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBB59

secondary

#3B55A0

accent

#47CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBB59

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

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