#DDAE53#DDAE53

#DDAE53 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.121 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAE53
RGB	rgb(221, 174, 83)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(40, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, 7.30, 52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 52.69, 82.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% 0.0174 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.121 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.5187, 46.2718, 14.6631)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAE53 #5382DD

analogous

#DD6953 #DDAE53 #C7DD53

triadic

#DDAE53 #53DDAE #AE53DD

tetradic

#DDAE53 #53DD69 #5382DD #DD53C7

square

#DDAE53 #53DD69 #5382DD #DD53C7

split-complementary

#DDAE53 #53C7DD #6953DD

monochromatic

#986E1E #CB9328 #DDAE53 #E7C686 #F1DEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#DDAE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#DDAE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAE53

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAE53	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)

#C2AE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddae53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 174, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.121 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc586',
    500: '#ddae53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddae53;
$custom-light: #ebc586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddae53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.565,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77618,
    "c": 0.12147,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAE53

secondary

#ABBDE1

accent

#78EA3E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAE53

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

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