#DDA659#DDA659

#DDA659 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.115 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA659
RGB	rgb(221, 166, 89)
HSL	hsl(35, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(35, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, 11.98, 47.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 48.60, 75.73°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% 0.0319 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.115 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.2607, 43.3691, 15.4365)
Luminance	0.4337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA659 #5990DD

analogous

#DD6459 #DDA659 #D2DD59

triadic

#DDA659 #59DDA6 #A659DD

tetradic

#DDA659 #59DD64 #5990DD #DD59D2

square

#DDA659 #59DD64 #5990DD #DD59D2

split-complementary

#DDA659 #59D2DD #6459DD

monochromatic

#9C6820 #CF8A2A #DDA659 #E7C18C #F2DCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#DDA659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#DDA659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA659

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA659	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 166, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.115 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc08a',
    500: '#dda659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda659;
$custom-light: #ebc08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76137,
    "c": 0.11457,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA659

secondary

#B0C5E2

accent

#64CE18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA659

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

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