#DDA047#DDA047

#DDA047 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.127 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA047
RGB	rgb(221, 160, 71)
HSL	hsl(36, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 67.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, 14.04, 53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 55.60, 75.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% 0.0356 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.127 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.5298, 40.9721, 11.5758)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA047 #4784DD

analogous

#DD5547 #DDA047 #CFDD47

triadic

#DDA047 #47DDA0 #A047DD

tetradic

#DDA047 #47DD55 #4784DD #DD47CF

square

#DDA047 #47DD55 #4784DD #DD47CF

split-complementary

#DDA047 #47CFDD #5547DD

monochromatic

#8F601A #C38224 #DDA047 #E7BB7B #F0D5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#DDA047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#DDA047 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA047

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA047	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A33D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 160, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.127 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbc7e',
    500: '#dda047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda047;
$custom-light: #ecbc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.6,
    "s": 68.807,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74789,
    "c": 0.12696,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA047

secondary

#A2BADE

accent

#84EC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA047

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

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