#DDA545#DDA545

#DDA545 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.129 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA545
RGB	rgb(221, 165, 69)
HSL	hsl(38, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 68.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, 11.26, 55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 57.10, 78.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% 0.0271 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.129 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.3509, 42.7154, 11.5381)
Luminance	0.4271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA545 #457DDD

analogous

#DD5945 #DDA545 #C9DD45

triadic

#DDA545 #45DDA5 #A545DD

tetradic

#DDA545 #45DD59 #457DDD #DD45C9

square

#DDA545 #45DD59 #457DDD #DD45C9

split-complementary

#DDA545 #45C9DD #5945DD

monochromatic

#8E631A #C18723 #DDA545 #E6BE79 #F0D7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#DDA545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#DDA545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA545

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA545	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)

#BAA73A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 165, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.129 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbf7d',
    500: '#dda545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda545;
$custom-light: #ecbf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 69.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75726,
    "c": 0.12906,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA545

secondary

#A0B7DE

accent

#7DEC3C

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA545

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

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