#DDAD59#DDAD59

#DDAD59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.116 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAD59
RGB	rgb(221, 173, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, 8.25, 49.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 49.80, 80.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% 0.021 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.116 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.5680, 45.9836, 15.8722)
Luminance	0.4598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAD59 #5989DD

analogous

#DD6B59 #DDAD59 #CBDD59

triadic

#DDAD59 #59DDAD #AD59DD

tetradic

#DDAD59 #59DD6B #5989DD #DD59CB

square

#DDAD59 #59DD6B #5989DD #DD59CB

split-complementary

#DDAD59 #59CBDD #6B59DD

monochromatic

#9C6F20 #CF932A #DDAD59 #E7C68C #F2DFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DDAD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#DDAD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAD59

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAD59	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE9F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddad59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 173, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.116 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc58a',
    500: '#ddad59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddad59;
$custom-light: #ebc58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddad59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77492,
    "c": 0.11629,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAD59

secondary

#B0C2E2

accent

#5ACE18

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAD59

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

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