#DDAE51#DDAE51

#DDAE51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.123 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAE51
RGB	rgb(221, 174, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, 7.17, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 53.57, 82.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% 0.0168 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.123 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4426, 46.2414, 14.2623)
Luminance	0.4624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAE51 #5180DD

analogous

#DD6851 #DDAE51 #C6DD51

triadic

#DDAE51 #51DDAE #AE51DD

tetradic

#DDAE51 #51DD68 #5180DD #DD51C6

square

#DDAE51 #51DD68 #5180DD #DD51C6

split-complementary

#DDAE51 #51C6DD #6851DD

monochromatic

#966E1D #C99327 #DDAE51 #E7C684 #F1DEB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#DDAE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#DDAE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAE51

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAE51	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddae51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 174, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.123 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc585',
    500: '#ddae51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddae51;
$custom-light: #ebc585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddae51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.857,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77596,
    "c": 0.12304,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAE51

secondary

#AABCE0

accent

#78EA3E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAE51

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

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