#DDA159#DDA159

#DDA159 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.114 H 69.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA159
RGB	rgb(221, 161, 89)
HSL	hsl(33, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(33, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, 14.66, 45.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 47.97, 72.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% 0.0398 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.114 69.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.3694, 41.5865, 15.1394)
Luminance	0.4158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA159 #5995DD

analogous

#DD5F59 #DDA159 #D7DD59

triadic

#DDA159 #59DDA1 #A159DD

tetradic

#DDA159 #59DD5F #5995DD #DD59D7

square

#DDA159 #59DD5F #5995DD #DD59D7

split-complementary

#DDA159 #59D7DD #5F59DD

monochromatic

#9C6320 #CF842A #DDA159 #E7BE8C #F2DBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#DDA159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#DDA159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA159

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA159	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 161, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.114 69.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbc8a',
    500: '#dda159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda159;
$custom-light: #ebbc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.727,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75184,
    "c": 0.1141,
    "h": 69.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA159

secondary

#B0C7E2

accent

#6ACE18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA159

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

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