#DDA252#DDA252

#DDA252 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.119 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA252
RGB	rgb(221, 162, 82)
HSL	hsl(35, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 62.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, 13.64, 49.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 51.15, 74.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% 0.0359 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.119 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.2648, 41.8253, 13.7227)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA252 #528DDD

analogous

#DD5C52 #DDA252 #D3DD52

triadic

#DDA252 #52DDA2 #A252DD

tetradic

#DDA252 #52DD5C #528DDD #DD52D3

square

#DDA252 #52DD5C #528DDD #DD52D3

split-complementary

#DDA252 #52D3DD #5C52DD

monochromatic

#97631E #CA8528 #DDA252 #E7BD85 #F1D9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#DDA252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#DDA252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA252

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA252	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)

#B7A54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 162, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.119 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbd85',
    500: '#dda252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda252;
$custom-light: #ebbd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.532,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75288,
    "c": 0.11941,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA252

secondary

#AAC1E0

accent

#87EA3E

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA252

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

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