#DDA857#DDA857

#DDA857 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.117 H 76.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA857
RGB	rgb(221, 168, 87)
HSL	hsl(36, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(36, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, 10.77, 48.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 49.80, 77.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% 0.0281 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.117 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.5443, 44.0687, 15.1223)
Luminance	0.4407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA857 #578CDD

analogous

#DD6557 #DDA857 #CFDD57

triadic

#DDA857 #57DDA8 #A857DD

tetradic

#DDA857 #57DD65 #578CDD #DD57CF

square

#DDA857 #57DD65 #578CDD #DD57CF

split-complementary

#DDA857 #57CFDD #6557DD

monochromatic

#9A6A1F #CD8D2A #DDA857 #E7C28A #F2DDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#DDA857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#DDA857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA857

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA857	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)

#BCAA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 168, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.117 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc189',
    500: '#dda857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda857;
$custom-light: #ebc189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.269,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76497,
    "c": 0.11653,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA857

secondary

#AEC3E1

accent

#60CE17

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA857

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

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