#DDAC42#DDAC42

#DDAC42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.133 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAC42
RGB	rgb(221, 172, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.07, 7.37, 59.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.07, 59.51, 82.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% 0.0154 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.133 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.5574, 45.2737, 11.4924)
Luminance	0.4527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAC42 #4273DD

analogous

#DD5F42 #DDAC42 #C1DD42

triadic

#DDAC42 #42DDAC #AC42DD

tetradic

#DDAC42 #42DD5F #4273DD #DD42C1

square

#DDAC42 #42DD5F #4273DD #DD42C1

split-complementary

#DDAC42 #42C1DD #5F42DD

monochromatic

#8C6719 #BF8E22 #DDAC42 #E6C376 #F0DAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#DDAC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#DDAC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAC42

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAC42	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddac42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 172, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.133 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc47c',
    500: '#ddac42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddac42;
$custom-light: #ecc47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddac42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.032,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77059,
    "c": 0.13308,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAC42

secondary

#9DB2DD

accent

#73EC3B

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAC42

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

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