#DDAA55#DDAA55

#DDAA55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.119 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAA55
RGB	rgb(221, 170, 85)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, 9.56, 50.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 51.03, 79.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% 0.0243 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.119 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.8358, 44.7806, 14.8219)
Luminance	0.4478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAA55 #5588DD

analogous

#DD6655 #DDAA55 #CCDD55

triadic

#DDAA55 #55DDAA #AA55DD

tetradic

#DDAA55 #55DD66 #5588DD #DD55CC

square

#DDAA55 #55DD66 #5588DD #DD55CC

split-complementary

#DDAA55 #55CCDD #6655DD

monochromatic

#996B1F #CC8F29 #DDAA55 #E7C488 #F1DDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#DDAA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#DDAA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAA55

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAA55	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddaa55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 170, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.119 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc388',
    500: '#ddaa55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddaa55;
$custom-light: #ebc388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddaa55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7686,
    "c": 0.1186,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAA55

secondary

#ADC0E1

accent

#7EEA3E

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAA55

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

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