#DDAB55#DDAB55

#DDAB55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.119 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAB55
RGB	rgb(221, 171, 85)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, 9.03, 50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 51.21, 79.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% 0.0227 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.119 79)
XYZ	xyz(46.0239, 45.1569, 14.8847)
Luminance	0.4515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAB55 #5587DD

analogous

#DD6755 #DDAB55 #CBDD55

triadic

#DDAB55 #55DDAB #AB55DD

tetradic

#DDAB55 #55DD67 #5587DD #DD55CB

square

#DDAB55 #55DD67 #5587DD #DD55CB

split-complementary

#DDAB55 #55CBDD #6755DD

monochromatic

#996C1F #CC9029 #DDAB55 #E7C488 #F1DDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#DDAB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#DDAB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAB55

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAB55	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddab55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 171, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.119 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc388',
    500: '#ddab55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddab55;
$custom-light: #ebc388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddab55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.941,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77055,
    "c": 0.11888,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.45154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAB55

secondary

#ADC0E1

accent

#7DEA3E

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FDF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAB55

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

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