#DDA942#DDA942

#DDA942 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.132 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA942
RGB	rgb(221, 169, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.33, 8.97, 58.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.33, 58.97, 81.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% 0.0201 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.132 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.9929, 44.1447, 11.3042)
Luminance	0.4414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA942 #4276DD

analogous

#DD5C42 #DDA942 #C4DD42

triadic

#DDA942 #42DDA9 #A942DD

tetradic

#DDA942 #42DD5C #4276DD #DD42C4

square

#DDA942 #42DD5C #4276DD #DD42C4

split-complementary

#DDA942 #42C4DD #5C42DD

monochromatic

#8C6519 #BF8B22 #DDA942 #E6C176 #F0D8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#DDA942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#DDA942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA942

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA942	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 169, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.132 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc27c',
    500: '#dda942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda942;
$custom-light: #ecc27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.871,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76473,
    "c": 0.13208,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA942

secondary

#9DB3DD

accent

#77EC3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA942

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

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