#DDA342#DDA342

#DDA342 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.131 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA342
RGB	rgb(221, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, 12.17, 56.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 58.04, 77.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% 0.0294 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.131 77)
XYZ	xyz(43.9022, 41.9633, 10.9407)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA342 #427CDD

analogous

#DD5642 #DDA342 #CADD42

triadic

#DDA342 #42DDA3 #A342DD

tetradic

#DDA342 #42DD56 #427CDD #DD42CA

square

#DDA342 #42DD56 #427CDD #DD42CA

split-complementary

#DDA342 #42CADD #5642DD

monochromatic

#8C6119 #BF8522 #DDA342 #E6BC76 #F0D5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#DDA342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#DDA342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA342

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA342	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)

#B9A536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0938F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.131 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbe7b',
    500: '#dda342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda342;
$custom-light: #ecbe7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.548,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75315,
    "c": 0.13064,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.4196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA342

secondary

#9DB5DD

accent

#7EEC3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF6EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA342

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

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