#DDC274#DDC274

#DDC274 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.102 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC274
RGB	rgb(221, 194, 116)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 47.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.17, -0.57, 42.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.17, 42.56, 90.77°)
OKLab	oklab(82.03% -0.0017 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(82.03% 0.102 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.2647, 55.2189, 24.4249)
Luminance	0.5522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC274 #748FDD

analogous

#DD8D74 #DDC274 #C4DD74

triadic

#DDC274 #74DDC2 #C274DD

tetradic

#DDC274 #74DD8D #748FDD #DD74C4

square

#DDC274 #74DD8D #748FDD #DD74C4

split-complementary

#DDC274 #74C4DD #8D74DD

monochromatic

#AC8B2A #D1AC43 #DDC274 #E9D8A5 #F5EDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DDC274 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#DDC274 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC274

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC274	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC274	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C06E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc274;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 194, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.102 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d49d',
    500: '#ddc274',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc274;
$custom-light: #e9d49d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc274",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.571,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82029,
    "c": 0.10245,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC274

secondary

#4761AF

accent

#49C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC274

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

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