#DDC170#DDC170

#DDC170 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.106 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC170
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 112)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 49.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.86, -0.42, 44.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.86, 44.18, 90.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.0016 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.106 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.8152, 54.6842, 23.1519)
Luminance	0.5468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC170 #708CDD

analogous

#DD8A70 #DDC170 #C3DD70

triadic

#DDC170 #70DDC1 #C170DD

tetradic

#DDC170 #70DD8A #708CDD #DD70C3

square

#DDC170 #70DD8A #708CDD #DD70C3

split-complementary

#DDC170 #70C3DD #8A70DD

monochromatic

#AA8928 #D1AC3F #DDC170 #E9D6A1 #F5ECD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DDC170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#DDC170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC170

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC170	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BF69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C773

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.106 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead39a',
    500: '#ddc170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc170;
$custom-light: #ead39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.587,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81769,
    "c": 0.10577,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC170

secondary

#455FAD

accent

#49C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC170

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

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