#DDA357#DDA357

#DDA357 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.116 H 71.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA357
RGB	rgb(221, 163, 87)
HSL	hsl(34, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(34, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, 13.44, 47.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 49.08, 74.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% 0.036 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.116 71.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.6389, 42.2579, 14.8205)
Luminance	0.4225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA357 #5791DD

analogous

#DD6057 #DDA357 #D4DD57

triadic

#DDA357 #57DDA3 #A357DD

tetradic

#DDA357 #57DD60 #5791DD #DD57D4

square

#DDA357 #57DD60 #5791DD #DD57D4

split-complementary

#DDA357 #57D4DD #6057DD

monochromatic

#9A651F #CD862A #DDA357 #E7BF8A #F2DBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#DDA357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#DDA357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA357

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA357	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 163, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.116 71.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbe89',
    500: '#dda357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda357;
$custom-light: #ebbe89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.03,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75538,
    "c": 0.11575,
    "h": 71.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA357

secondary

#AEC4E1

accent

#66CE17

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA357

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

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