#DDAD42#DDAD42

#DDAD42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.133 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAD42
RGB	rgb(221, 173, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.32, 6.84, 59.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.32, 59.70, 83.42°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% 0.0139 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.133 84)
XYZ	xyz(45.7485, 45.6558, 11.5561)
Luminance	0.4565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAD42 #4272DD

analogous

#DD6042 #DDAD42 #C0DD42

triadic

#DDAD42 #42DDAD #AD42DD

tetradic

#DDAD42 #42DD60 #4272DD #DD42C0

square

#DDAD42 #42DD60 #4272DD #DD42C0

split-complementary

#DDAD42 #42C0DD #6042DD

monochromatic

#8C6819 #BF8F22 #DDAD42 #E6C476 #F0DAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#DDAD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#DDAD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAD42

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAD42	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)

#C2AD34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddad42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 173, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.133 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc57c',
    500: '#ddad42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddad42;
$custom-light: #ecc57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddad42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.419,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77256,
    "c": 0.13345,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.45653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAD42

secondary

#9DB1DD

accent

#72EC3B

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAD42

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

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