#DDA16C#DDA16C

#DDA16C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.099 H 61.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#DDA16C
RGBrgb(221, 161, 108)
HSLhsl(28, 62%, 65%)
HSVhsv(28, 51%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 27.1%, 51.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(70.83, 16.20, 36.22)
CIE-LCHlch(70.83, 39.68, 65.91°)
OKLaboklab(75.46% 0.0468 0.0877)
OKLCHoklch(75.46% 0.099 61.9)
XYZxyz(45.2727, 41.9478, 19.8967)
Luminance0.4194 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#DDA16C #6CA8DD
analogous
#DD6C6F #DDA16C #DDDA6C
triadic
#DDA16C #6CDDA1 #A16CDD
tetradic
#DDA16C #6FDD6C #6CA8DD #DA6CDD
square
#DDA16C #6FDD6C #6CA8DD #DA6CDD
split-complementary
#DDA16C #6CDDDA #6C6FDD
monochromatic
#A86327 #D2813A #DDA16C #E8C19E #F4E1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24
#DDA16C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39
#DDA16C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA16C
9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##DDA16C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##DDA16C1.002.249.399.39
#FFFFFF2.241.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3921.001.001.00
##0000009.3921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A568
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C2B36D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EE9494
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #dda16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 161, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.099 61.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabc97',
    500: '#dda16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #dda16c;
$custom-light: #eabc97;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#dda16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.142,
    "s": 62.431,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7546,
    "c": 0.09937,
    "h": 61.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#DDA16C
secondary
#BFD4E6
accent
#78CA1B
background
#FEFBF9
surface
#FDF6F2
border
#D5D0CC
text
#17120D
muted
#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA16C

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

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#DDA16C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva