#DDA538#DDA538

#DDA538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.137 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA538
RGB	rgb(221, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 74.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, 10.63, 61.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 62.23, 80.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% 0.0237 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.137 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.9907, 42.5713, 9.6408)
Luminance	0.4257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA538 #3870DD

analogous

#DD5338 #DDA538 #C3DD38

triadic

#DDA538 #38DDA5 #A538DD

tetradic

#DDA538 #38DD53 #3870DD #DD38C3

square

#DDA538 #38DD53 #3870DD #DD38C3

split-complementary

#DDA538 #38C3DD #5338DD

monochromatic

#845F17 #B8841F #DDA538 #E6BD6C #EFD4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#DDA538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#DDA538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA538

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA538	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.137 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbf76',
    500: '#dda538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda538;
$custom-light: #ecbf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.636,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75618,
    "c": 0.1371,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA538

secondary

#95ADDB

accent

#77EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA538

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

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