#DDA557#DDA557

#DDA557 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.116 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA557
RGB	rgb(221, 165, 87)
HSL	hsl(35, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(35, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, 12.37, 47.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 49.35, 75.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% 0.0328 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.116 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.9968, 42.9738, 14.9398)
Luminance	0.4297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA557 #578FDD

analogous

#DD6257 #DDA557 #D2DD57

triadic

#DDA557 #57DDA5 #A557DD

tetradic

#DDA557 #57DD62 #578FDD #DD57D2

square

#DDA557 #57DD62 #578FDD #DD57D2

split-complementary

#DDA557 #57D2DD #6257DD

monochromatic

#9A671F #CD892A #DDA557 #E7C08A #F2DCBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#DDA557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#DDA557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA557

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA557	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 165, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.116 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbf89',
    500: '#dda557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda557;
$custom-light: #ebbf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.925,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7592,
    "c": 0.11599,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA557

secondary

#AEC4E1

accent

#64CE17

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA557

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

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