#DDAA42#DDAA42

#DDAA42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.132 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAA42
RGB	rgb(221, 170, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, 8.43, 58.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 59.15, 81.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% 0.0185 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.132 82)
XYZ	xyz(45.1797, 44.5182, 11.3665)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAA42 #4275DD

analogous

#DD5D42 #DDAA42 #C3DD42

triadic

#DDAA42 #42DDAA #AA42DD

tetradic

#DDAA42 #42DD5D #4275DD #DD42C3

square

#DDAA42 #42DD5D #4275DD #DD42C3

split-complementary

#DDAA42 #42C3DD #5D42DD

monochromatic

#8C6619 #BF8C22 #DDAA42 #E6C176 #F0D9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#DDAA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#DDAA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAA42

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAA42	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddaa42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 170, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.132 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc37c',
    500: '#ddaa42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddaa42;
$custom-light: #ecc37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddaa42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.258,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76668,
    "c": 0.13239,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.44515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAA42

secondary

#9DB2DD

accent

#76EC3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAA42

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

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