#DDA259#DDA259

#DDA259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.114 H 70.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA259
RGB	rgb(221, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(33, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(33, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, 14.12, 45.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 48.08, 72.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% 0.0382 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.114 70.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.5449, 41.9374, 15.1979)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA259 #5994DD

analogous

#DD6059 #DDA259 #D6DD59

triadic

#DDA259 #59DDA2 #A259DD

tetradic

#DDA259 #59DD60 #5994DD #DD59D6

square

#DDA259 #59DD60 #5994DD #DD59D6

split-complementary

#DDA259 #59D6DD #6059DD

monochromatic

#9C6420 #CF852A #DDA259 #E7BE8C #F2DBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#DDA259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#DDA259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA259

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA259	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.114 70.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbd8a',
    500: '#dda259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda259;
$custom-light: #ebbd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.182,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75373,
    "c": 0.11414,
    "h": 70.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA259

secondary

#B0C6E2

accent

#69CE18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA259

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

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