#DDA037#DDA037

#DDA037 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.137 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA037
RGB	rgb(221, 160, 55)
HSL	hsl(38, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 75.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, 13.26, 60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 61.94, 77.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% 0.0312 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.137 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.0822, 40.7931, 9.2185)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA037 #3774DD

analogous

#DD4D37 #DDA037 #C7DD37

triadic

#DDA037 #37DDA0 #A037DD

tetradic

#DDA037 #37DD4D #3774DD #DD37C7

square

#DDA037 #37DD4D #3774DD #DD37C7

split-complementary

#DDA037 #37C7DD #4D37DD

monochromatic

#835B16 #B8801F #DDA037 #E6B96B #EFD2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#DDA037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#DDA037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA037

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA037	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)

#B7A227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F08F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 160, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.137 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edbb75',
    500: '#dda037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda037;
$custom-light: #edbb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.952,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74651,
    "c": 0.13673,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA037

secondary

#95AFDB

accent

#7CEE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171109

muted

#85807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA037

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

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