#DDC27D#DDC27D

#DDC27D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.093 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC27D
RGB	rgb(221, 194, 125)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(43, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 43.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.29, 0.31, 38.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.29, 38.16, 89.53°)
OKLab	oklab(82.17% 0.0018 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(82.17% 0.093 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.8138, 55.4386, 27.3168)
Luminance	0.5544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC27D #7D98DD

analogous

#DD927D #DDC27D #C8DD7D

triadic

#DDC27D #7DDDC2 #C27DDD

tetradic

#DDC27D #7DDD92 #7D98DD #DD7DC8

square

#DDC27D #7DDD92 #7D98DD #DD7DC8

split-complementary

#DDC27D #7DC8DD #927DDD

monochromatic

#B18C2E #D0AB4C #DDC27D #EAD9AE #F6F0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DDC27D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#DDC27D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC27D

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC27D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC27D	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C078

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C87F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc27d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 194, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.093 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d4a3',
    500: '#ddc27d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc27d;
$custom-light: #e9d4a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc27d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.125,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82169,
    "c": 0.09306,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC27D

secondary

#4B68B3

accent

#4EC61F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC27D

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

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