#DDA042#DDA042

#DDA042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.130 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA042
RGB	rgb(221, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, 13.77, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 57.66, 76.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% 0.0341 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.13 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3759, 40.9106, 10.7652)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA042 #427FDD

analogous

#DD5342 #DDA042 #CDDD42

triadic

#DDA042 #42DDA0 #A042DD

tetradic

#DDA042 #42DD53 #427FDD #DD42CD

square

#DDA042 #42DD53 #427FDD #DD42CD

split-complementary

#DDA042 #42CDDD #5342DD

monochromatic

#8C5E19 #BF8222 #DDA042 #E6BA76 #F0D4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#DDA042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#DDA042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA042

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA042	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)

#B6A337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.130 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbc7b',
    500: '#dda042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda042;
$custom-light: #ecbc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.387,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74742,
    "c": 0.13021,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA042

secondary

#9DB7DD

accent

#81EC3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA042

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

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