#DDA041#DDA041

#DDA041 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.131 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA041
RGB	rgb(221, 160, 65)
HSL	hsl(37, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 70.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, 13.72, 56.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 58.06, 76.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% 0.0338 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.131 75)
XYZ	xyz(43.3466, 40.8989, 10.6113)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA041 #417EDD

analogous

#DD5241 #DDA041 #CCDD41

triadic

#DDA041 #41DDA0 #A041DD

tetradic

#DDA041 #41DD52 #417EDD #DD41CC

square

#DDA041 #41DD52 #417EDD #DD41CC

split-complementary

#DDA041 #41CCDD #5241DD

monochromatic

#8B5E19 #BF8122 #DDA041 #E6BA75 #F0D4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#DDA041 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#DDA041 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA041

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA041	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA041	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda041;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 160, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.131 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbc7a',
    500: '#dda041',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda041;
$custom-light: #ecbc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda041",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.538,
    "s": 69.643,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74733,
    "c": 0.13084,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.40895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA041

secondary

#9DB6DD

accent

#81EC3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA041

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

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