#DDA541#DDA541

#DDA541 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.132 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA541
RGB	rgb(221, 165, 65)
HSL	hsl(38, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 70.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, 11.05, 57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 58.73, 79.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% 0.026 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.132 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2309, 42.6674, 10.9061)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA541 #4179DD

analogous

#DD5741 #DDA541 #C7DD41

triadic

#DDA541 #41DDA5 #A541DD

tetradic

#DDA541 #41DD57 #4179DD #DD41C7

square

#DDA541 #41DD57 #4179DD #DD41C7

split-complementary

#DDA541 #41C7DD #5741DD

monochromatic

#8B6219 #BF8622 #DDA541 #E6BE75 #F0D6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#DDA541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#DDA541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA541

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA541	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)

#BBA734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 165, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.132 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbf7b',
    500: '#dda541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda541;
$custom-light: #ecbf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.462,
    "s": 69.643,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7569,
    "c": 0.13168,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA541

secondary

#9DB4DD

accent

#7BEC3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA541

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

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