#DDC177#DDC177

#DDC177 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.099 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC177
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 119)
HSL	hsl(44, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(44, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 46.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, 0.24, 40.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 40.78, 89.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.87% 0.001 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(81.87% 0.099 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.2202, 54.8463, 25.2849)
Luminance	0.5484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC177 #7793DD

analogous

#DD8E77 #DDC177 #C6DD77

triadic

#DDC177 #77DDC1 #C177DD

tetradic

#DDC177 #77DD8E #7793DD #DD77C6

square

#DDC177 #77DD8E #7793DD #DD77C6

split-complementary

#DDC177 #77C6DD #8E77DD

monochromatic

#AE8A2C #D1AB46 #DDC177 #E9D7A8 #F5EED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DDC177 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#DDC177 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC177

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC177	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC177	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BF71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C77A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc177;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.099 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d39f',
    500: '#ddc177',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc177;
$custom-light: #e9d39f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc177",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.529,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81873,
    "c": 0.09864,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC177

secondary

#4865B0

accent

#4CC81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC177

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

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