#DDAD40#DDAD40

#DDAD40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.135 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAD40
RGB	rgb(221, 173, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, 6.74, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 60.50, 83.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% 0.0134 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.135 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.6905, 45.6326, 11.2510)
Luminance	0.4563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAD40 #4070DD

analogous

#DD5E40 #DDAD40 #BEDD40

triadic

#DDAD40 #40DDAD #AD40DD

tetradic

#DDAD40 #40DD5E #4070DD #DD40BE

square

#DDAD40 #40DD5E #4070DD #DD40BE

split-complementary

#DDAD40 #40BEDD #5E40DD

monochromatic

#8A6719 #BE8E22 #DDAD40 #E6C374 #EFDAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#DDAD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#DDAD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAD40

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAD40	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddad40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 173, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.135 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc57b',
    500: '#ddad40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddad40;
$custom-light: #ecc57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddad40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.656,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77239,
    "c": 0.13475,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAD40

secondary

#9CB0DD

accent

#71ED3B

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAD40

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

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