#DDA543#DDA543

#DDA543 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.130 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA543
RGB	rgb(221, 165, 67)
HSL	hsl(38, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 69.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, 11.15, 56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 57.92, 78.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% 0.0266 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.13 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.2899, 42.6910, 11.2166)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA543 #437BDD

analogous

#DD5843 #DDA543 #C8DD43

triadic

#DDA543 #43DDA5 #A543DD

tetradic

#DDA543 #43DD58 #437BDD #DD43C8

square

#DDA543 #43DD58 #437BDD #DD43C8

split-complementary

#DDA543 #43C8DD #5843DD

monochromatic

#8C6219 #C08723 #DDA543 #E6BE77 #F0D7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#DDA543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#DDA543 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA543

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA543	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)

#BBA737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 165, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.130 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbf7c',
    500: '#dda543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda543;
$custom-light: #ecbf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75708,
    "c": 0.13039,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA543

secondary

#9EB5DE

accent

#7CEC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA543

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

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