#DDA142#DDA142

#DDA142 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.130 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA142
RGB	rgb(221, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, 13.24, 56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 57.78, 76.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% 0.0325 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.13 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5499, 41.2587, 10.8232)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA142 #427EDD

analogous

#DD5442 #DDA142 #CCDD42

triadic

#DDA142 #42DDA1 #A142DD

tetradic

#DDA142 #42DD54 #427EDD #DD42CC

square

#DDA142 #42DD54 #427EDD #DD42CC

split-complementary

#DDA142 #42CCDD #5442DD

monochromatic

#8C5F19 #BF8322 #DDA142 #E6BB76 #F0D5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#DDA142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#DDA142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA142

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA142	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.130 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbc7b',
    500: '#dda142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda142;
$custom-light: #ecbc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.774,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74932,
    "c": 0.13033,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA142

secondary

#9DB6DD

accent

#80EC3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA142

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

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