#DDA638#DDA638

#DDA638 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.137 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA638
RGB	rgb(221, 166, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 74.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, 10.09, 61.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 62.37, 80.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% 0.0221 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.137 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.1717, 42.9335, 9.7011)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA638 #386FDD

analogous

#DD5438 #DDA638 #C2DD38

triadic

#DDA638 #38DDA6 #A638DD

tetradic

#DDA638 #38DD54 #386FDD #DD38C2

square

#DDA638 #38DD54 #386FDD #DD38C2

split-complementary

#DDA638 #38C2DD #5438DD

monochromatic

#846017 #B8851F #DDA638 #E6BD6C #EFD5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#DDA638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#DDA638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA638

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA638	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)

#BCA727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 166, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.137 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc076',
    500: '#dda638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda638;
$custom-light: #ecc076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75811,
    "c": 0.13735,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA638

secondary

#95ADDB

accent

#76EE3A

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA638

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

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