#DDA457#DDA457

#DDA457 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.116 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA457
RGB	rgb(221, 164, 87)
HSL	hsl(34, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(34, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.8%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, 12.91, 47.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 49.21, 74.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% 0.0344 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.116 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.8171, 42.6144, 14.8799)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA457 #5790DD

analogous

#DD6157 #DDA457 #D3DD57

triadic

#DDA457 #57DDA4 #A457DD

tetradic

#DDA457 #57DD61 #5790DD #DD57D3

square

#DDA457 #57DD61 #5790DD #DD57D3

split-complementary

#DDA457 #57D3DD #6157DD

monochromatic

#9A661F #CD882A #DDA457 #E7C08A #F2DBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#DDA457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#DDA457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA457

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA457	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 164, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.116 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbe89',
    500: '#dda457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda457;
$custom-light: #ebbe89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.478,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75729,
    "c": 0.11585,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA457

secondary

#AEC4E1

accent

#65CE17

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA457

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

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