#DDA856#DDA856

#DDA856 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.117 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA856
RGB	rgb(221, 168, 86)
HSL	hsl(36, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(36, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, 10.70, 49.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 50.25, 77.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% 0.0278 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.117 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.5037, 44.0525, 14.9086)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA856 #568BDD

analogous

#DD6456 #DDA856 #CFDD56

triadic

#DDA856 #56DDA8 #A856DD

tetradic

#DDA856 #56DD64 #568BDD #DD56CF

square

#DDA856 #56DD64 #568BDD #DD56CF

split-complementary

#DDA856 #56CFDD #6456DD

monochromatic

#9A691F #CD8C29 #DDA856 #E7C289 #F2DCBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#DDA856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#DDA856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA856

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA856	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 168, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.117 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc188',
    500: '#dda856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda856;
$custom-light: #ebc188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.444,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76485,
    "c": 0.11731,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA856

secondary

#AEC2E1

accent

#5FCE17

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA856

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

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