#DDAB59#DDAB59

#DDAB59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.116 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAB59
RGB	rgb(221, 171, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(37, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, 9.31, 48.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 49.42, 79.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% 0.0241 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.116 78)
XYZ	xyz(46.1874, 45.2223, 15.7453)
Luminance	0.4522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAB59 #598BDD

analogous

#DD6959 #DDAB59 #CDDD59

triadic

#DDAB59 #59DDAB #AB59DD

tetradic

#DDAB59 #59DD69 #598BDD #DD59CD

square

#DDAB59 #59DD69 #598BDD #DD59CD

split-complementary

#DDAB59 #59CDDD #6959DD

monochromatic

#9C6D20 #CF902A #DDAB59 #E7C58C #F2DEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#DDAB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#DDAB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAB59

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAB59	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddab59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 171, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.116 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc38a',
    500: '#ddab59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddab59;
$custom-light: #ebc38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddab59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.273,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77102,
    "c": 0.11567,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.45219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAB59

secondary

#B0C3E2

accent

#5DCE18

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAB59

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

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