#DDA840#DDA840

#DDA840 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.133 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA840
RGB	rgb(221, 168, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, 9.40, 58.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 59.61, 80.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% 0.0211 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.133 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.7497, 43.7509, 10.9373)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA840 #4075DD

analogous

#DD5940 #DDA840 #C4DD40

triadic

#DDA840 #40DDA8 #A840DD

tetradic

#DDA840 #40DD59 #4075DD #DD40C4

square

#DDA840 #40DD59 #4075DD #DD40C4

split-complementary

#DDA840 #40C4DD #5940DD

monochromatic

#8A6419 #BE8922 #DDA840 #E6C074 #EFD7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#DDA840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#DDA840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA840

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA840	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 168, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.133 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc17a',
    500: '#dda840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda840;
$custom-light: #ecc17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.745,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76262,
    "c": 0.13308,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA840

secondary

#9CB2DD

accent

#77ED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA840

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

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