#DDA553#DDA553

#DDA553 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.119 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA553
RGB	rgb(221, 165, 83)
HSL	hsl(36, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(36, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.49, 12.10, 49.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.49, 51.11, 76.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% 0.0315 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.119 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.8379, 42.9102, 14.1029)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA553 #538BDD

analogous

#DD6053 #DDA553 #D0DD53

triadic

#DDA553 #53DDA5 #A553DD

tetradic

#DDA553 #53DD60 #538BDD #DD53D0

square

#DDA553 #53DD60 #538BDD #DD53D0

split-complementary

#DDA553 #53D0DD #6053DD

monochromatic

#98661E #CB8928 #DDA553 #E7C086 #F1DAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#DDA553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#DDA553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA553

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA553	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)

#BAA74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 165, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.119 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbf86',
    500: '#dda553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda553;
$custom-light: #ebbf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.652,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75872,
    "c": 0.11905,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA553

secondary

#ABC1E1

accent

#84EA3E

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA553

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

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