#DDC173#DDC173

#DDC173 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.103 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC173
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 115)
HSL	hsl(44, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(44, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 48%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.90, -0.14, 42.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.90, 42.73, 90.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% -0.0005 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.103 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.9850, 54.7522, 24.0463)
Luminance	0.5475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC173 #738FDD

analogous

#DD8C73 #DDC173 #C4DD73

triadic

#DDC173 #73DDC1 #C173DD

tetradic

#DDC173 #73DD8C #738FDD #DD73C4

square

#DDC173 #73DD8C #738FDD #DD73C4

split-complementary

#DDC173 #73C4DD #8C73DD

monochromatic

#AC892A #D1AB42 #DDC173 #E9D7A4 #F5EDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DDC173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#DDC173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC173

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC173	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)

#D1BF6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.103 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d39c',
    500: '#ddc173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc173;
$custom-light: #e9d39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.151,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81812,
    "c": 0.10275,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC173

secondary

#4662AE

accent

#4AC91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC173

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

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