#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
RGBrgb(221, 174, 81)
HSLhsl(40, 67%, 59%)
HSVhsv(40, 63%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 21.3%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(73.70, 7.17, 53.09)
CIE-LCHlch(73.70, 53.57, 82.31°)
OKLaboklab(77.6% 0.0168 0.1219)
OKLCHoklch(77.6% 0.123 82.2)
XYZxyz(46.4426, 46.2414, 14.2623)
Luminance0.4624 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##DDAE511.002.0510.2510.25
#FFFFFF2.051.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2521.001.001.00
##00000010.2521.001.001.00

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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#DDAE51 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva