#DDAA59#DDAA59

#DDAA59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.115 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAA59
RGB	rgb(221, 170, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(37, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, 9.84, 48.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 49.24, 78.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% 0.0256 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.115 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.9992, 44.8460, 15.6826)
Luminance	0.4484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAA59 #598CDD

analogous

#DD6859 #DDAA59 #CEDD59

triadic

#DDAA59 #59DDAA #AA59DD

tetradic

#DDAA59 #59DD68 #598CDD #DD59CE

square

#DDAA59 #59DD68 #598CDD #DD59CE

split-complementary

#DDAA59 #59CEDD #6859DD

monochromatic

#9C6C20 #CF8F2A #DDAA59 #E7C48C #F2DEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#DDAA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#DDAA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAA59

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAA59	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddaa59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 170, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.115 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc38a',
    500: '#ddaa59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddaa59;
$custom-light: #ebc38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddaa59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.818,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76908,
    "c": 0.1154,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAA59

secondary

#B0C3E2

accent

#5ECE18

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAA59

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

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