#DDBC5B#DDBC5B

#DDBC5B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.122 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBC5B
RGB	rgb(221, 188, 91)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 58.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, 0.48, 52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 52.54, 89.48°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% -0.0014 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.122 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.6926, 52.0965, 17.3337)
Luminance	0.5209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBC5B #5B7CDD

analogous

#DD7B5B #DDBC5B #BDDD5B

triadic

#DDBC5B #5BDDBC #BC5BDD

tetradic

#DDBC5B #5BDD7B #5B7CDD #DD5BBD

square

#DDBC5B #5BDD7B #5B7CDD #DD5BBD

split-complementary

#DDBC5B #5BBDDD #7B5BDD

monochromatic

#9D7D21 #D0A62B #DDBC5B #E8D18E #F2E5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#DDBC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#DDBC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBC5B

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBC5B	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBA51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDAFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 188, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.122 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcf8c',
    500: '#ddbc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbc5b;
$custom-light: #ebcf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.769,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8049,
    "c": 0.12201,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBC5B

secondary

#3B55A1

accent

#46CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBC5B

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

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