#DDA151#DDA151

#DDA151 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.120 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA151
RGB	rgb(221, 161, 81)
HSL	hsl(34, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(34, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, 14.11, 49.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 51.46, 74.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% 0.0371 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.12 72)
XYZ	xyz(44.0516, 41.4593, 13.4653)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA151 #518DDD

analogous

#DD5B51 #DDA151 #D3DD51

triadic

#DDA151 #51DDA1 #A151DD

tetradic

#DDA151 #51DD5B #518DDD #DD51D3

square

#DDA151 #51DD5B #518DDD #DD51D3

split-complementary

#DDA151 #51D3DD #5B51DD

monochromatic

#96621D #C98427 #DDA151 #E7BD84 #F1D8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#DDA151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#DDA151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA151

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA151	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 161, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.120 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbc84',
    500: '#dda151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda151;
$custom-light: #ecbc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75086,
    "c": 0.12006,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.41456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA151

secondary

#AAC1E0

accent

#88EA3E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA151

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

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