#DDAD51#DDAD51

#DDAD51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.123 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAD51
RGB	rgb(221, 173, 81)
HSL	hsl(39, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(39, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.45, 7.70, 52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.45, 53.37, 81.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% 0.0183 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.123 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2501, 45.8564, 14.1982)
Luminance	0.4585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAD51 #5181DD

analogous

#DD6751 #DDAD51 #C7DD51

triadic

#DDAD51 #51DDAD #AD51DD

tetradic

#DDAD51 #51DD67 #5181DD #DD51C7

square

#DDAD51 #51DD67 #5181DD #DD51C7

split-complementary

#DDAD51 #51C7DD #6751DD

monochromatic

#966D1D #C99227 #DDAD51 #E7C584 #F1DDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DDAD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#DDAD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAD51

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAD51	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddad51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 173, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.123 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc585',
    500: '#ddad51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddad51;
$custom-light: #ebc585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddad51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.429,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.774,
    "c": 0.12268,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAD51

secondary

#AABCE0

accent

#79EA3E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAD51

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

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