#DDA257#DDA257

#DDA257 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.116 H 71.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA257
RGB	rgb(221, 162, 87)
HSL	hsl(34, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(34, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, 13.98, 46.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 48.96, 73.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% 0.0376 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.116 71.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.4620, 41.9042, 14.7615)
Luminance	0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA257 #5792DD

analogous

#DD5F57 #DDA257 #D5DD57

triadic

#DDA257 #57DDA2 #A257DD

tetradic

#DDA257 #57DD5F #5792DD #DD57D5

square

#DDA257 #57DD5F #5792DD #DD57D5

split-complementary

#DDA257 #57D5DD #5F57DD

monochromatic

#9A641F #CD852A #DDA257 #E7BE8A #F2DABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#DDA257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#DDA257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA257

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA257	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 162, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.116 71.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbd88',
    500: '#dda257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda257;
$custom-light: #ebbd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.582,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75348,
    "c": 0.11566,
    "h": 71.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA257

secondary

#AEC5E1

accent

#68CE17

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA257

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

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