#DDA940#DDA940

#DDA940 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.133 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA940
RGB	rgb(221, 169, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, 8.87, 59.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 59.77, 81.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.46% 0.0195 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(76.46% 0.133 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.9350, 44.1215, 10.9991)
Luminance	0.4412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA940 #4074DD

analogous

#DD5A40 #DDA940 #C3DD40

triadic

#DDA940 #40DDA9 #A940DD

tetradic

#DDA940 #40DD5A #4074DD #DD40C3

square

#DDA940 #40DD5A #4074DD #DD40C3

split-complementary

#DDA940 #40C3DD #5A40DD

monochromatic

#8A6419 #BE8A22 #DDA940 #E6C074 #EFD8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#DDA940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#DDA940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA940

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA940	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 169, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.133 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc27b',
    500: '#dda940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda940;
$custom-light: #ecc27b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.127,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76456,
    "c": 0.13338,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA940

secondary

#9CB1DD

accent

#76ED3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA940

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

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