#DDA253#DDA253

#DDA253 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.119 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA253
RGB	rgb(221, 162, 83)
HSL	hsl(34, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(34, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, 13.71, 48.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 50.71, 74.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% 0.0362 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.119 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.3031, 41.8407, 13.9246)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA253 #538EDD

analogous

#DD5D53 #DDA253 #D3DD53

triadic

#DDA253 #53DDA2 #A253DD

tetradic

#DDA253 #53DD5D #538EDD #DD53D3

square

#DDA253 #53DD5D #538EDD #DD53D3

split-complementary

#DDA253 #53D3DD #5D53DD

monochromatic

#98641E #CB8528 #DDA253 #E7BE86 #F1D9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#DDA253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#DDA253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA253

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA253	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 162, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.119 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbd86',
    500: '#dda253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda253;
$custom-light: #ebbd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.348,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.753,
    "c": 0.11868,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA253

secondary

#ABC2E1

accent

#87EA3E

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA253

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

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