#DDAE42#DDAE42

#DDAE42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.134 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAE42
RGB	rgb(221, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, 6.31, 59.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 59.90, 83.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% 0.0124 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.134 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.9409, 46.0407, 11.6202)
Luminance	0.4604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAE42 #4271DD

analogous

#DD6142 #DDAE42 #BFDD42

triadic

#DDAE42 #42DDAE #AE42DD

tetradic

#DDAE42 #42DD61 #4271DD #DD42BF

square

#DDAE42 #42DD61 #4271DD #DD42BF

split-complementary

#DDAE42 #42BFDD #6142DD

monochromatic

#8C6919 #BF9022 #DDAE42 #E6C476 #F0DAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DDAE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#DDAE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAE42

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAE42	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.134 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc57c',
    500: '#ddae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddae42;
$custom-light: #ecc57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.806,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77452,
    "c": 0.13384,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAE42

secondary

#9DB1DD

accent

#71EC3B

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAE42

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

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