#DDA551#DDA551

#DDA551 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.121 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA551
RGB	rgb(221, 165, 81)
HSL	hsl(36, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, 11.97, 50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 51.99, 76.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% 0.0308 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.121 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.7618, 42.8798, 13.7021)
Luminance	0.4288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA551 #5189DD

analogous

#DD5F51 #DDA551 #CFDD51

triadic

#DDA551 #51DDA5 #A551DD

tetradic

#DDA551 #51DD5F #5189DD #DD51CF

square

#DDA551 #51DD5F #5189DD #DD51CF

split-complementary

#DDA551 #51CFDD #5F51DD

monochromatic

#96661D #C98927 #DDA551 #E7BF84 #F1DAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#DDA551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#DDA551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA551

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA551	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 165, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.121 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbf85',
    500: '#dda551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda551;
$custom-light: #ebbf85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7585,
    "c": 0.12055,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA551

secondary

#AABFE0

accent

#83EA3E

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA551

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

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