#DDA278#DDA278

#DDA278 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.090 H 56.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA278
RGB	rgb(221, 162, 120)
HSL	hsl(25, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(25, 46%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 45.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, 16.80, 30.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 34.73, 61.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% 0.0499 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.09 56.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.1313, 42.5720, 23.5531)
Luminance	0.4257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA278 #78B3DD

analogous

#DD7881 #DDA278 #DDD478

triadic

#DDA278 #78DDA2 #A278DD

tetradic

#DDA278 #81DD78 #78B3DD #D478DD

square

#DDA278 #81DD78 #78B3DD #D478DD

split-complementary

#DDA278 #78DDD4 #7881DD

monochromatic

#AF622C #D18047 #DDA278 #E9C4A9 #F6E5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#DDA278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#DDA278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA278

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA278	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A775

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED9797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 162, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.090 56.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eabd9f',
    500: '#dda278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda278;
$custom-light: #eabd9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.95,
    "s": 59.763,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75854,
    "c": 0.09004,
    "h": 56.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA278

secondary

#C8DBE9

accent

#81C71E

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#16120E

muted

#84817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA278

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

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