#DDAE56#DDAE56

#DDAE56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.119 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAE56
RGB	rgb(221, 174, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(39, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, 7.50, 50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 51.35, 81.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% 0.0184 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.119 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.6370, 46.3192, 15.2864)
Luminance	0.4632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAE56 #5685DD

analogous

#DD6A56 #DDAE56 #C8DD56

triadic

#DDAE56 #56DDAE #AE56DD

tetradic

#DDAE56 #56DD6A #5685DD #DD56C8

square

#DDAE56 #56DD6A #5685DD #DD56C8

split-complementary

#DDAE56 #56C8DD #6A56DD

monochromatic

#9A6F1F #CD9429 #DDAE56 #E7C689 #F2DFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#DDAE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#DDAE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAE56

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAE56	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddae56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 174, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.119 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc688',
    500: '#ddae56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddae56;
$custom-light: #ebc688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddae56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.111,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77652,
    "c": 0.11908,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAE56

secondary

#AEC0E1

accent

#57CE17

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAE56

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

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