#DDA16D#DDA16D
#DDA16D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.099 H 61.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #DDA16D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(221, 161, 109) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 62%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 51%, 87%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 50.7%, 13.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.85, 16.29, 35.71) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.85, 39.25, 65.49°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.48% 0.0472 0.0866) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.48% 0.099 61.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.3263, 41.9692, 20.1786) |
| Luminance | 0.4197 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.92
Camel
#C19A6B
ΔE00 6.45
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.69
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.71
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.87
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.98
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#DDA16D #6DA9DD
analogous
#DD6D71 #DDA16D #DDD96D
triadic
#DDA16D #6DDDA1 #A16DDD
tetradic
#DDA16D #71DD6D #6DA9DD #D96DDD
square
#DDA16D #71DD6D #6DA9DD #D96DDD
split-complementary
#DDA16D #6DDDD9 #6D71DD
monochromatic
#A86327 #D1813B #DDA16D #E9C19F #F4E1D0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.24
#DDA16D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.39
#DDA16D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #DDA16D
9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##DDA16D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##DDA16D | 1.00 | 2.24 | 9.39 | 9.39 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.24 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.39 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.39 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A569
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C2B36E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EE9494
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #dda16d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 161, 109); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.099 61.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eabc97',
500: '#dda16d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #dda16d; $custom-light: #eabc97; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#dda16d",
"rgb": {
"r": 221,
"g": 161,
"b": 109
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.857,
"s": 62.222,
"l": 64.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75476,
"c": 0.09861,
"h": 61.4
},
"luminance": 0.41966
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#DDA16D
secondary
#C0D4E6
accent
#79CA1C
background
#FEFBF9
surface
#FDF6F2
border
#D5D0CC
text
#17120D
muted
#85817E