#DDC174#DDC174

#DDC174 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.102 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC174
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 116)
HSL	hsl(44, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(44, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 47.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.91, -0.05, 42.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.91, 42.24, 90.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% -0.0001 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.102 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.0429, 54.7753, 24.3510)
Luminance	0.5477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC174 #7490DD

analogous

#DD8C74 #DDC174 #C4DD74

triadic

#DDC174 #74DDC1 #C174DD

tetradic

#DDC174 #74DD8C #7490DD #DD74C4

square

#DDC174 #74DD8C #7490DD #DD74C4

split-complementary

#DDC174 #74C4DD #8C74DD

monochromatic

#AC8A2A #D1AB43 #DDC174 #E9D7A5 #F5EDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DDC174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#DDC174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC174

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC174	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)

#D1BF6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.102 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d39d',
    500: '#ddc174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc174;
$custom-light: #e9d39d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81827,
    "c": 0.10173,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC174

secondary

#4762AF

accent

#4BC81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC174

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

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