#DDA261#DDA261

#DDA261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.108 H 67.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA261
RGB	rgb(221, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(31, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(31, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 56.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, 14.73, 42.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 44.55, 70.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% 0.0411 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.108 67.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.8993, 42.0791, 17.0642)
Luminance	0.4208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA261 #619CDD

analogous

#DD6461 #DDA261 #DADD61

triadic

#DDA261 #61DDA2 #A261DD

tetradic

#DDA261 #61DD64 #619CDD #DD61DA

square

#DDA261 #61DD64 #619CDD #DD61DA

split-complementary

#DDA261 #61DADD #6461DD

monochromatic

#A16523 #D2842F #DDA261 #E8C093 #F3DDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#DDA261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#DDA261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA261

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA261	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A55B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.108 67.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbd8f',
    500: '#dda261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda261;
$custom-light: #ebbd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.452,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75481,
    "c": 0.10792,
    "h": 67.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA261

secondary

#B6CCE4

accent

#6ECC19

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA261

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

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