#DDA740#DDA740

#DDA740 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.133 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA740
RGB	rgb(221, 167, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(39, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, 9.93, 58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 59.44, 80.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% 0.0226 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.133 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.5658, 43.3830, 10.8760)
Luminance	0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA740 #4076DD

analogous

#DD5840 #DDA740 #C4DD40

triadic

#DDA740 #40DDA7 #A740DD

tetradic

#DDA740 #40DD58 #4076DD #DD40C4

square

#DDA740 #40DD58 #4076DD #DD40C4

split-complementary

#DDA740 #40C4DD #5840DD

monochromatic

#8A6319 #BE8822 #DDA740 #E6BF74 #EFD7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#DDA740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#DDA740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA740

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA740	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09792

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 167, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.133 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc07a',
    500: '#dda740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda740;
$custom-light: #ecc07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.363,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76068,
    "c": 0.1328,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA740

secondary

#9CB2DD

accent

#78ED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA740

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

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