#DDAA51#DDAA51

#DDAA51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.122 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAA51
RGB	rgb(221, 170, 81)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, 9.30, 51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 52.80, 79.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% 0.023 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.122 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.6813, 44.7188, 14.0086)
Luminance	0.4472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAA51 #5184DD

analogous

#DD6451 #DDAA51 #CADD51

triadic

#DDAA51 #51DDAA #AA51DD

tetradic

#DDAA51 #51DD64 #5184DD #DD51CA

square

#DDAA51 #51DD64 #5184DD #DD51CA

split-complementary

#DDAA51 #51CADD #6451DD

monochromatic

#966A1D #C98E27 #DDAA51 #E7C384 #F1DCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#DDAA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#DDAA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAA51

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAA51	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)

#BEAB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddaa51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 170, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.122 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc385',
    500: '#ddaa51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddaa51;
$custom-light: #ebc385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddaa51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.143,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76815,
    "c": 0.12171,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAA51

secondary

#AABDE0

accent

#7CEA3E

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAA51

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

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