#DDAE40#DDAE40

#DDAE40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.135 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAE40
RGB	rgb(221, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, 6.21, 60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 60.70, 84.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% 0.0118 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.135 85)
XYZ	xyz(45.8830, 46.0175, 11.3151)
Luminance	0.4601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAE40 #406FDD

analogous

#DD5F40 #DDAE40 #BEDD40

triadic

#DDAE40 #40DDAE #AE40DD

tetradic

#DDAE40 #40DD5F #406FDD #DD40BE

square

#DDAE40 #40DD5F #406FDD #DD40BE

split-complementary

#DDAE40 #40BEDD #5F40DD

monochromatic

#8A6819 #BE8F22 #DDAE40 #E6C474 #EFDAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DDAE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#DDAE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAE40

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAE40	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)

#C3AE31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.135 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc57b',
    500: '#ddae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddae40;
$custom-light: #ecc57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.038,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77436,
    "c": 0.13514,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.46014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAE40

secondary

#9CAFDD

accent

#70ED3B

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAE40

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

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