#DDAE44#DDAE44

#DDAE44 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.133 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAE44
RGB	rgb(221, 174, 68)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 69.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.59, 6.41, 58.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.59, 59.09, 83.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% 0.0129 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.133 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.0009, 46.0647, 11.9362)
Luminance	0.4606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAE44 #4473DD

analogous

#DD6244 #DDAE44 #BFDD44

triadic

#DDAE44 #44DDAE #AE44DD

tetradic

#DDAE44 #44DD62 #4473DD #DD44BF

square

#DDAE44 #44DD62 #4473DD #DD44BF

split-complementary

#DDAE44 #44BFDD #6244DD

monochromatic

#8D6A1A #C19023 #DDAE44 #E6C478 #F0DBAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#DDAE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#DDAE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAE44

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAE44	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)

#C3AE37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddae44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 174, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.133 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc57d',
    500: '#ddae44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddae44;
$custom-light: #ecc57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddae44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.569,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7747,
    "c": 0.1325,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAE44

secondary

#9FB2DE

accent

#72EC3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAE44

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

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