#DDC172#DDC172

#DDC172 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.104 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC172
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 114)
HSL	hsl(44, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(44, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 48.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.89, -0.24, 43.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.89, 43.21, 90.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.0009 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.104 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.9278, 54.7293, 23.7449)
Luminance	0.5473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC172 #728EDD

analogous

#DD8B72 #DDC172 #C3DD72

triadic

#DDC172 #72DDC1 #C172DD

tetradic

#DDC172 #72DD8B #728EDD #DD72C3

square

#DDC172 #72DD8B #728EDD #DD72C3

split-complementary

#DDC172 #72C3DD #8B72DD

monochromatic

#AB8929 #D1AB41 #DDC172 #E9D7A3 #F5ECD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DDC172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#DDC172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC172

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC172	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BF6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.104 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead39c',
    500: '#ddc172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc172;
$custom-light: #ead39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.299,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81798,
    "c": 0.10376,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC172

secondary

#4661AE

accent

#4AC91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC172

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

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