#DDA281#DDA281

#DDA281 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.084 H 50.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA281
RGB	rgb(221, 162, 129)
HSL	hsl(22, 58%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(22, 42%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 41.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, 17.75, 25.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 31.27, 55.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% 0.0535 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.084 50.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.7034, 42.8008, 26.5661)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA281 #81BCDD

analogous

#DD818E #DDA281 #DDD081

triadic

#DDA281 #81DDA2 #A281DD

tetradic

#DDA281 #8EDD81 #81BCDD #D081DD

square

#DDA281 #8EDD81 #81BCDD #D081DD

split-complementary

#DDA281 #81DDD0 #818EDD

monochromatic

#B35F30 #D07E51 #DDA281 #EAC6B1 #F7E9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#DDA281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#DDA281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA281

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA281	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A77F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B481

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 162, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.084 50.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bda5',
    500: '#dda281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda281;
$custom-light: #e9bda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.522,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76027,
    "c": 0.08369,
    "h": 50.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA281

secondary

#CFE1EB

accent

#8AC520

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF6F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#16120F

muted

#84817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA281

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

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