#DDA587#DDA587

#DDA587 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.078 H 49.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA587
RGB	rgb(221, 165, 135)
HSL	hsl(21, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(21, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.3%, 38.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, 16.80, 23.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 28.98, 54.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% 0.0511 0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.078 49.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.6488, 44.0346, 28.9068)
Luminance	0.4403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA587 #87BFDD

analogous

#DD8794 #DDA587 #DDD087

triadic

#DDA587 #87DDA5 #A587DD

tetradic

#DDA587 #94DD87 #87BFDD #D087DD

square

#DDA587 #94DD87 #87BFDD #D087DD

split-complementary

#DDA587 #87DDD0 #8794DD

monochromatic

#B66134 #CF8157 #DDA587 #EBC9B7 #F8EDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#DDA587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#DDA587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA587

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA587	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AA85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B687

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC9B9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 165, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.078 49.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9bfaa',
    500: '#dda587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda587;
$custom-light: #e9bfaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.93,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7671,
    "c": 0.07837,
    "h": 49.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA587

secondary

#D4E4EC

accent

#8BC322

background

#FEFBFA

surface

#FDF7F4

border

#D5D0CE

text

#161210

muted

#84817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA587

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

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