#DDA451#DDA451

#DDA451 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.120 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA451
RGB	rgb(221, 164, 81)
HSL	hsl(36, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.8%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, 12.50, 50.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 51.85, 76.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% 0.0324 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.12 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.5821, 42.5204, 13.6422)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA451 #518ADD

analogous

#DD5E51 #DDA451 #D0DD51

triadic

#DDA451 #51DDA4 #A451DD

tetradic

#DDA451 #51DD5E #518ADD #DD51D0

square

#DDA451 #51DD5E #518ADD #DD51D0

split-complementary

#DDA451 #51D0DD #5E51DD

monochromatic

#96651D #C98727 #DDA451 #E7BF84 #F1DAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#DDA451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#DDA451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA451

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA451	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 164, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.120 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbe85',
    500: '#dda451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda451;
$custom-light: #ebbe85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.571,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75658,
    "c": 0.1204,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA451

secondary

#AAC0E0

accent

#84EA3E

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA451

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

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