#DDA036#DDA036

#DDA036 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.137 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA036
RGB	rgb(221, 160, 54)
HSL	hsl(38, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 75.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, 13.22, 60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 62.31, 77.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% 0.031 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.137 77)
XYZ	xyz(43.0585, 40.7836, 9.0936)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA036 #3673DD

analogous

#DD4D36 #DDA036 #C7DD36

triadic

#DDA036 #36DDA0 #A036DD

tetradic

#DDA036 #36DD4D #3673DD #DD36C7

square

#DDA036 #36DD4D #3673DD #DD36C7

split-complementary

#DDA036 #36C7DD #4D36DD

monochromatic

#835B16 #B77F1F #DDA036 #E6B96A #EFD19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#DDA036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#DDA036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA036

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA036	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 160, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.137 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edbb74',
    500: '#dda036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda036;
$custom-light: #edbb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.084,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74644,
    "c": 0.13727,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.4078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA036

secondary

#94AEDB

accent

#7CEE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA036

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

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