#DDA842#DDA842

#DDA842 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.132 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA842
RGB	rgb(221, 168, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(39, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, 9.50, 58.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 58.80, 80.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% 0.0216 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.132 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.8076, 43.7740, 11.2425)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA842 #4277DD

analogous

#DD5B42 #DDA842 #C5DD42

triadic

#DDA842 #42DDA8 #A842DD

tetradic

#DDA842 #42DD5B #4277DD #DD42C5

square

#DDA842 #42DD5B #4277DD #DD42C5

split-complementary

#DDA842 #42C5DD #5B42DD

monochromatic

#8C6419 #BF8A22 #DDA842 #E6C076 #F0D8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#DDA842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#DDA842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA842

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA842	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)

#BDA935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 168, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.132 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc17c',
    500: '#dda842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda842;
$custom-light: #ecc17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.484,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76279,
    "c": 0.13179,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA842

secondary

#9DB3DD

accent

#78EC3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA842

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

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