#DDAA57#DDAA57

#DDAA57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.117 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAA57
RGB	rgb(221, 170, 87)
HSL	hsl(37, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, 9.70, 49.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 50.14, 78.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% 0.025 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.117 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.9163, 44.8128, 15.2463)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAA57 #578ADD

analogous

#DD6757 #DDAA57 #CDDD57

triadic

#DDAA57 #57DDAA #AA57DD

tetradic

#DDAA57 #57DD67 #578ADD #DD57CD

square

#DDAA57 #57DD67 #578ADD #DD57CD

split-complementary

#DDAA57 #57CDDD #6757DD

monochromatic

#9A6C1F #CD8F2A #DDAA57 #E7C48A #F2DEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#DDAA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#DDAA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAA57

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAA57	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)

#BEAB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddaa57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 170, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.117 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc389',
    500: '#ddaa57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddaa57;
$custom-light: #ebc389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddaa57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.164,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76884,
    "c": 0.11701,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAA57

secondary

#AEC2E1

accent

#5DCE17

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAA57

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

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