#DDAA56#DDAA56

#DDAA56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.118 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAA56
RGB	rgb(221, 170, 86)
HSL	hsl(37, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, 9.63, 49.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 50.59, 79.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% 0.0246 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.118 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.8758, 44.7966, 15.0326)
Luminance	0.4479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAA56 #5689DD

analogous

#DD6656 #DDAA56 #CDDD56

triadic

#DDAA56 #56DDAA #AA56DD

tetradic

#DDAA56 #56DD66 #5689DD #DD56CD

square

#DDAA56 #56DD66 #5689DD #DD56CD

split-complementary

#DDAA56 #56CDDD #6656DD

monochromatic

#9A6B1F #CD8F29 #DDAA56 #E7C489 #F2DDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#DDAA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#DDAA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAA56

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAA56	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)

#BEAB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddaa56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 170, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.118 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc388',
    500: '#ddaa56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddaa56;
$custom-light: #ebc388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddaa56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.333,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76872,
    "c": 0.11781,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAA56

secondary

#AEC1E1

accent

#5CCE17

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAA56

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

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