#DDA540#DDA540

#DDA540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.132 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA540
RGB	rgb(221, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(39, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, 11.00, 58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 59.13, 79.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% 0.0257 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.132 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.2022, 42.6559, 10.7548)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA540 #4078DD

analogous

#DD5640 #DDA540 #C6DD40

triadic

#DDA540 #40DDA5 #A540DD

tetradic

#DDA540 #40DD56 #4078DD #DD40C6

square

#DDA540 #40DD56 #4078DD #DD40C6

split-complementary

#DDA540 #40C6DD #5640DD

monochromatic

#8A6219 #BE8622 #DDA540 #E6BD74 #EFD6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#DDA540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#DDA540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA540

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA540	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.132 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbf7a',
    500: '#dda540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda540;
$custom-light: #ecbf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.599,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75681,
    "c": 0.13232,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA540

secondary

#9CB3DD

accent

#7AED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA540

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

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