#DDA542#DDA542

#DDA542 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.131 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA542
RGB	rgb(221, 165, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, 11.10, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 58.33, 79.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% 0.0263 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.131 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.2601, 42.6791, 11.0600)
Luminance	0.4268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA542 #427ADD

analogous

#DD5842 #DDA542 #C7DD42

triadic

#DDA542 #42DDA5 #A542DD

tetradic

#DDA542 #42DD58 #427ADD #DD42C7

square

#DDA542 #42DD58 #427ADD #DD42C7

split-complementary

#DDA542 #42C7DD #5842DD

monochromatic

#8C6219 #BF8722 #DDA542 #E6BE76 #F0D6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#DDA542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#DDA542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA542

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA542	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 165, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.131 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbf7b',
    500: '#dda542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda542;
$custom-light: #ecbf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.323,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75699,
    "c": 0.13104,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA542

secondary

#9DB5DD

accent

#7BEC3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA542

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

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