#DDAA50#DDAA50

#DDAA50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.122 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAA50
RGB	rgb(221, 170, 80)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, 9.24, 52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 53.24, 80.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% 0.0227 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.122 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.6441, 44.7039, 13.8125)
Luminance	0.4470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAA50 #5083DD

analogous

#DD6450 #DDAA50 #CADD50

triadic

#DDAA50 #50DDAA #AA50DD

tetradic

#DDAA50 #50DD64 #5083DD #DD50CA

square

#DDAA50 #50DD64 #5083DD #DD50CA

split-complementary

#DDAA50 #50CADD #6450DD

monochromatic

#966A1D #C98E27 #DDAA50 #E7C383 #F1DCB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#DDAA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#DDAA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAA50

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAA50	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddaa50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 170, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.122 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc384',
    500: '#ddaa50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddaa50;
$custom-light: #ebc384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddaa50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.298,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76804,
    "c": 0.12247,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAA50

secondary

#A9BDE0

accent

#7CEA3D

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAA50

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

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