#DDA255#DDA255

#DDA255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.117 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA255
RGB	rgb(221, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(34, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(34, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, 13.84, 47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 49.84, 73.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% 0.0369 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.117 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.3815, 41.8720, 14.3372)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA255 #5590DD

analogous

#DD5E55 #DDA255 #D4DD55

triadic

#DDA255 #55DDA2 #A255DD

tetradic

#DDA255 #55DD5E #5590DD #DD55D4

square

#DDA255 #55DD5E #5590DD #DD55D4

split-complementary

#DDA255 #55D4DD #5E55DD

monochromatic

#99641F #CC8529 #DDA255 #E7BE88 #F1DABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#DDA255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#DDA255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA255

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA255	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)

#B7A54E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.117 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbd87',
    500: '#dda255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda255;
$custom-light: #ebbd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.971,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75323,
    "c": 0.11718,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA255

secondary

#ADC3E1

accent

#89EA3E

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA255

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

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