#DDA242#DDA242

#DDA242 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.130 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA242
RGB	rgb(221, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, 12.70, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 57.91, 77.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% 0.031 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.13 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.7254, 41.6096, 10.8817)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA242 #427DDD

analogous

#DD5542 #DDA242 #CBDD42

triadic

#DDA242 #42DDA2 #A242DD

tetradic

#DDA242 #42DD55 #427DDD #DD42CB

square

#DDA242 #42DD55 #427DDD #DD42CB

split-complementary

#DDA242 #42CBDD #5542DD

monochromatic

#8C6019 #BF8422 #DDA242 #E6BC76 #F0D5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#DDA242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#DDA242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA242

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA242	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)

#B8A436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.130 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbd7b',
    500: '#dda242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda242;
$custom-light: #ecbd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.161,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75123,
    "c": 0.13048,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA242

secondary

#9DB6DD

accent

#7FEC3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA242

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

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