#DDA051#DDA051

#DDA051 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.120 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA051
RGB	rgb(221, 160, 81)
HSL	hsl(34, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(34, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, 14.65, 49.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 51.35, 73.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% 0.0387 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.12 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.8775, 41.1112, 13.4073)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA051 #518EDD

analogous

#DD5A51 #DDA051 #D4DD51

triadic

#DDA051 #51DDA0 #A051DD

tetradic

#DDA051 #51DD5A #518EDD #DD51D4

square

#DDA051 #51DD5A #518EDD #DD51D4

split-complementary

#DDA051 #51D4DD #5A51DD

monochromatic

#96621D #C98327 #DDA051 #E7BC84 #F1D8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#DDA051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#DDA051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA051

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA051	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 160, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.120 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbc84',
    500: '#dda051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda051;
$custom-light: #ecbc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.857,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74897,
    "c": 0.12,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA051

secondary

#AAC1E0

accent

#89EA3E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA051

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

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