#DDAE52#DDAE52

#DDAE52 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.122 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAE52
RGB	rgb(221, 174, 82)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 62.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, 7.24, 52.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 53.13, 82.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% 0.0171 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.122 82)
XYZ	xyz(46.4804, 46.2565, 14.4613)
Luminance	0.4625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAE52 #5281DD

analogous

#DD6952 #DDAE52 #C7DD52

triadic

#DDAE52 #52DDAE #AE52DD

tetradic

#DDAE52 #52DD69 #5281DD #DD52C7

square

#DDAE52 #52DD69 #5281DD #DD52C7

split-complementary

#DDAE52 #52C7DD #6952DD

monochromatic

#976E1E #CA9328 #DDAE52 #E7C685 #F1DEB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#DDAE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#DDAE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAE52

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAE52	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)

#C2AE48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddae52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 174, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.122 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc586',
    500: '#ddae52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddae52;
$custom-light: #ebc586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddae52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.712,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77607,
    "c": 0.12226,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.46253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAE52

secondary

#AABDE0

accent

#78EA3E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAE52

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

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