#DDC06D#DDC06D

#DDC06D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.108 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC06D
RGB	rgb(221, 192, 109)
HSL	hsl(44, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(44, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 50.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, -0.17, 45.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 45.31, 90.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.53% -0.0012 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(81.53% 0.108 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.4306, 54.1779, 22.2134)
Luminance	0.5418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC06D #6D8ADD

analogous

#DD886D #DDC06D #C2DD6D

triadic

#DDC06D #6DDDC0 #C06DDD

tetradic

#DDC06D #6DDD88 #6D8ADD #DD6DC2

square

#DDC06D #6DDD88 #6D8ADD #DD6DC2

split-complementary

#DDC06D #6DC2DD #886DDD

monochromatic

#A88727 #D1AB3B #DDC06D #E9D59F #F4EBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DDC06D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#DDC06D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC06D

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC06D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC06D	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BE66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc06d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 192, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.108 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead298',
    500: '#ddc06d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc06d;
$custom-light: #ead298;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc06d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.464,
    "s": 62.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81525,
    "c": 0.10804,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC06D

secondary

#435EAB

accent

#49CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC06D

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

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