#DDA549#DDA549

#DDA549 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.126 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA549
RGB	rgb(221, 165, 73)
HSL	hsl(37, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(37, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, 11.48, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 55.43, 78.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% 0.0283 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.126 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.4793, 42.7668, 12.2142)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA549 #4981DD

analogous

#DD5B49 #DDA549 #CBDD49

triadic

#DDA549 #49DDA5 #A549DD

tetradic

#DDA549 #49DD5B #4981DD #DD49CB

square

#DDA549 #49DD5B #4981DD #DD49CB

split-complementary

#DDA549 #49CBDD #5B49DD

monochromatic

#91641B #C48825 #DDA549 #E7BE7D #F0D8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#DDA549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#DDA549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA549

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA549	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA73F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 165, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.126 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbf80',
    500: '#dda549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda549;
$custom-light: #ecbf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.297,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75765,
    "c": 0.12633,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA549

secondary

#A3BADF

accent

#7FEB3C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FEF7EF

border

#D6D0CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA549

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

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