#DDA251#DDA251

#DDA251 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.120 H 72.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA251
RGB	rgb(221, 162, 81)
HSL	hsl(35, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, 13.57, 49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 51.58, 74.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% 0.0355 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.12 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.2270, 41.8102, 13.5238)
Luminance	0.4181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA251 #518CDD

analogous

#DD5C51 #DDA251 #D2DD51

triadic

#DDA251 #51DDA2 #A251DD

tetradic

#DDA251 #51DD5C #518CDD #DD51D2

square

#DDA251 #51DD5C #518CDD #DD51D2

split-complementary

#DDA251 #51D2DD #5C51DD

monochromatic

#96631D #C98527 #DDA251 #E7BD84 #F1D9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#DDA251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#DDA251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA251

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA251	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 162, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.120 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbd85',
    500: '#dda251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda251;
$custom-light: #ebbd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.714,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75276,
    "c": 0.12015,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA251

secondary

#AAC1E0

accent

#86EA3E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF6EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA251

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

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