#DDA561#DDA561

#DDA561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.108 H 70.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA561
RGB	rgb(221, 165, 97)
HSL	hsl(33, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(33, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 56.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, 13.12, 42.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 44.89, 73.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% 0.0363 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.108 70.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.4340, 43.1487, 17.2425)
Luminance	0.4315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA561 #6199DD

analogous

#DD6761 #DDA561 #D7DD61

triadic

#DDA561 #61DDA5 #A561DD

tetradic

#DDA561 #61DD67 #6199DD #DD61D7

square

#DDA561 #61DD67 #6199DD #DD61D7

split-complementary

#DDA561 #61D7DD #6761DD

monochromatic

#A16823 #D2882F #DDA561 #E8C293 #F3DEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#DDA561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#DDA561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA561

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA561	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A85B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 165, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.108 70.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebbf8f',
    500: '#dda561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda561;
$custom-light: #ebbf8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.903,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76051,
    "c": 0.10803,
    "h": 70.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA561

secondary

#B6CBE4

accent

#6ACC19

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA561

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

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