#DDAE49#DDAE49

#DDAE49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.129 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAE49
RGB	rgb(221, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(41, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(41, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.63, 6.69, 56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.63, 57.02, 83.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% 0.0143 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.129 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.1601, 46.1284, 12.7744)
Luminance	0.4612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAE49 #4978DD

analogous

#DD6449 #DDAE49 #C2DD49

triadic

#DDAE49 #49DDAE #AE49DD

tetradic

#DDAE49 #49DD64 #4978DD #DD49C2

square

#DDAE49 #49DD64 #4978DD #DD49C2

split-complementary

#DDAE49 #49C2DD #6449DD

monochromatic

#916B1B #C49225 #DDAE49 #E7C57D #F0DCB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#DDAE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#DDAE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAE49

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAE49	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF9F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.129 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc580',
    500: '#ddae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddae49;
$custom-light: #ecc580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.946,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77515,
    "c": 0.12902,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAE49

secondary

#A3B6DF

accent

#74EB3C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8EF

border

#D6D1CA

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAE49

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

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