#DDA959#DDA959

#DDA959 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.115 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA959
RGB	rgb(221, 169, 89)
HSL	hsl(36, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(36, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, 10.38, 47.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 49.07, 77.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% 0.0272 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.115 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.8124, 44.4725, 15.6204)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA959 #598DDD

analogous

#DD6759 #DDA959 #CFDD59

triadic

#DDA959 #59DDA9 #A959DD

tetradic

#DDA959 #59DD67 #598DDD #DD59CF

square

#DDA959 #59DD67 #598DDD #DD59CF

split-complementary

#DDA959 #59CFDD #6759DD

monochromatic

#9C6B20 #CF8E2A #DDA959 #E7C38C #F2DEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#DDA959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#DDA959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA959

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA959	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 169, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.115 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc28a',
    500: '#dda959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda959;
$custom-light: #ebc28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.364,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76714,
    "c": 0.11516,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA959

secondary

#B0C4E2

accent

#5FCE18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA959

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

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