#DDA951#DDA951

#DDA951 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.121 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA951
RGB	rgb(221, 169, 81)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, 9.83, 51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 52.63, 79.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% 0.0246 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.121 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.4946, 44.3453, 13.9463)
Luminance	0.4434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA951 #5185DD

analogous

#DD6351 #DDA951 #CBDD51

triadic

#DDA951 #51DDA9 #A951DD

tetradic

#DDA951 #51DD63 #5185DD #DD51CB

square

#DDA951 #51DD63 #5185DD #DD51CB

split-complementary

#DDA951 #51CBDD #6351DD

monochromatic

#96691D #C98D27 #DDA951 #E7C284 #F1DCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#DDA951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#DDA951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA951

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA951	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 169, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.121 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc285',
    500: '#dda951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda951;
$custom-light: #ebc285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.714,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76621,
    "c": 0.12143,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA951

secondary

#AABEE0

accent

#7EEA3E

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA951

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

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