#DDAC59#DDAC59

#DDAC59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.116 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAC59
RGB	rgb(221, 172, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.29, 8.78, 48.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.29, 49.61, 79.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% 0.0225 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.116 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.3770, 45.6015, 15.8085)
Luminance	0.4560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAC59 #598ADD

analogous

#DD6A59 #DDAC59 #CCDD59

triadic

#DDAC59 #59DDAC #AC59DD

tetradic

#DDAC59 #59DD6A #598ADD #DD59CC

square

#DDAC59 #59DD6A #598ADD #DD59CC

split-complementary

#DDAC59 #59CCDD #6A59DD

monochromatic

#9C6E20 #CF922A #DDAC59 #E7C58C #F2DFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#DDAC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#DDAC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAC59

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAC59	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddac59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 172, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.116 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc48a',
    500: '#ddac59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddac59;
$custom-light: #ebc48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddac59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.727,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77297,
    "c": 0.11597,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAC59

secondary

#B0C2E2

accent

#5BCE18

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAC59

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

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