#DDAE57#DDAE57

#DDAE57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.118 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAE57
RGB	rgb(221, 174, 87)
HSL	hsl(39, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(39, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, 7.57, 50.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 50.90, 81.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% 0.0187 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.118 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.6776, 46.3354, 15.5001)
Luminance	0.4633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAE57 #5786DD

analogous

#DD6B57 #DDAE57 #C9DD57

triadic

#DDAE57 #57DDAE #AE57DD

tetradic

#DDAE57 #57DD6B #5786DD #DD57C9

square

#DDAE57 #57DD6B #5786DD #DD57C9

split-complementary

#DDAE57 #57C9DD #6B57DD

monochromatic

#9A6F1F #CD942A #DDAE57 #E7C78A #F2DFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#DDAE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#DDAE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAE57

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAE57	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddae57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 174, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.118 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc689',
    500: '#ddae57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddae57;
$custom-light: #ebc689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddae57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.955,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77663,
    "c": 0.11827,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAE57

secondary

#AEC0E1

accent

#57CE17

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAE57

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

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