#DDA049#DDA049

#DDA049 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.126 H 73.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA049
RGB	rgb(221, 160, 73)
HSL	hsl(35, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(35, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, 14.16, 52.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 54.76, 75.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% 0.0362 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.126 73.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.5950, 40.9982, 11.9194)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA049 #4986DD

analogous

#DD5649 #DDA049 #D0DD49

triadic

#DDA049 #49DDA0 #A049DD

tetradic

#DDA049 #49DD56 #4986DD #DD49D0

square

#DDA049 #49DD56 #4986DD #DD49D0

split-complementary

#DDA049 #49D0DD #5649DD

monochromatic

#91601B #C48225 #DDA049 #E7BB7D #F0D6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#DDA049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#DDA049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA049

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA049	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 160, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.126 73.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbc7f',
    500: '#dda049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda049;
$custom-light: #ecbc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.27,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7481,
    "c": 0.12561,
    "h": 73.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA049

secondary

#A3BCDF

accent

#85EB3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17110A

muted

#85807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA049

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

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