#DDA559#DDA559

#DDA559 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.114 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA559
RGB	rgb(221, 165, 89)
HSL	hsl(35, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(35, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, 12.52, 46.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 48.46, 75.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% 0.0335 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.114 73)
XYZ	xyz(45.0797, 43.0069, 15.3761)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA559 #5991DD

analogous

#DD6359 #DDA559 #D3DD59

triadic

#DDA559 #59DDA5 #A559DD

tetradic

#DDA559 #59DD63 #5991DD #DD59D3

square

#DDA559 #59DD63 #5991DD #DD59D3

split-complementary

#DDA559 #59D3DD #6359DD

monochromatic

#9C6720 #CF892A #DDA559 #E7C18C #F2DCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#DDA559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#DDA559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA559

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA559	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 165, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.114 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbf8a',
    500: '#dda559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda559;
$custom-light: #ebbf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.545,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75945,
    "c": 0.11442,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.43004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA559

secondary

#B0C5E2

accent

#65CE18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA559

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

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