#DDA962#DDA962

#DDA962 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.108 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDA962
RGB	rgb(221, 169, 98)
HSL	hsl(35, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(35, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 55.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, 11.06, 43.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 45.00, 75.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% 0.0304 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.108 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.2137, 44.6330, 17.7339)
Luminance	0.4463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDA962 #6296DD

analogous

#DD6B62 #DDA962 #D4DD62

triadic

#DDA962 #62DDA9 #A962DD

tetradic

#DDA962 #62DD6B #6296DD #DD62D4

square

#DDA962 #62DD6B #6296DD #DD62D4

split-complementary

#DDA962 #62D4DD #6B62DD

monochromatic

#A26C23 #D28D30 #DDA962 #E8C594 #F3E0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#DDA962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#DDA962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDA962

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDA962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDA962	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAB5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dda962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 169, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.108 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc290',
    500: '#dda962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dda962;
$custom-light: #ebc290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dda962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.634,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76832,
    "c": 0.10774,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDA962

secondary

#B7CAE4

accent

#65CC19

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120D

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDA962

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

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