#DDAB42#DDAB42

#DDAB42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.133 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAB42
RGB	rgb(221, 171, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, 7.90, 58.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 59.33, 82.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% 0.017 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.133 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.3678, 44.8945, 11.4292)
Luminance	0.4489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAB42 #4274DD

analogous

#DD5E42 #DDAB42 #C2DD42

triadic

#DDAB42 #42DDAB #AB42DD

tetradic

#DDAB42 #42DD5E #4274DD #DD42C2

square

#DDAB42 #42DD5E #4274DD #DD42C2

split-complementary

#DDAB42 #42C2DD #5E42DD

monochromatic

#8C6719 #BF8D22 #DDAB42 #E6C276 #F0D9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#DDAB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#DDAB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAB42

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAB42	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddab42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 171, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.133 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc37c',
    500: '#ddab42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddab42;
$custom-light: #ecc37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddab42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.645,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76864,
    "c": 0.13273,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAB42

secondary

#9DB2DD

accent

#75EC3B

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FEF7EE

border

#D6D0C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAB42

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

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