#DDA157#DDA157

#DDA157 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.116 H 70.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA157
RGB	rgb(221, 161, 87)
HSL	hsl(33, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(33, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, 14.52, 46.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 48.84, 72.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% 0.0391 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.116 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.2866, 41.5533, 14.7031)
Luminance	0.4155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA157 #5793DD

analogous

#DD5E57 #DDA157 #D6DD57

triadic

#DDA157 #57DDA1 #A157DD

tetradic

#DDA157 #57DD5E #5793DD #DD57D6

square

#DDA157 #57DD5E #5793DD #DD57D6

split-complementary

#DDA157 #57D6DD #5E57DD

monochromatic

#9A631F #CD842A #DDA157 #E7BD8A #F2DABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#DDA157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#DDA157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA157

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA157	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 161, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.116 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbc88',
    500: '#dda157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda157;
$custom-light: #ebbc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.134,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75158,
    "c": 0.11562,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA157

secondary

#AEC5E1

accent

#69CE17

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA157

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

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