#DDC178#DDC178

#DDC178 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.098 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC178
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 120)
HSL	hsl(43, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(43, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 45.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, 0.33, 40.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 40.29, 89.52°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% 0.0014 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.098 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.2806, 54.8704, 25.6029)
Luminance	0.5487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC178 #7894DD

analogous

#DD8F78 #DDC178 #C7DD78

triadic

#DDC178 #78DDC1 #C178DD

tetradic

#DDC178 #78DD8F #7894DD #DD78C7

square

#DDC178 #78DD8F #7894DD #DD78C7

split-complementary

#DDC178 #78C7DD #8F78DD

monochromatic

#AF8A2C #D1AB47 #DDC178 #E9D7A9 #F6EEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DDC178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#DDC178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC178

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC178	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)

#D0BF72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C77A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.098 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d3a0',
    500: '#ddc178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc178;
$custom-light: #e9d3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.366,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81888,
    "c": 0.09761,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC178

secondary

#4865B1

accent

#4DC71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC178

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

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