#DDAE59#DDAE59

#DDAE59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.117 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAE59
RGB	rgb(221, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, 7.71, 49.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 50.00, 81.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% 0.0194 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.117 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.7605, 46.3685, 15.9364)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAE59 #5988DD

analogous

#DD6C59 #DDAE59 #CADD59

triadic

#DDAE59 #59DDAE #AE59DD

tetradic

#DDAE59 #59DD6C #5988DD #DD59CA

square

#DDAE59 #59DD6C #5988DD #DD59CA

split-complementary

#DDAE59 #59CADD #6C59DD

monochromatic

#9C7020 #CF942A #DDAE59 #E7C78C #F2E0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#DDAE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#DDAE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAE59

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAE59	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	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)

#C1AE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.117 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc68a',
    500: '#ddae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddae59;
$custom-light: #ebc68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.636,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77687,
    "c": 0.11663,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAE59

secondary

#B0C2E2

accent

#59CE18

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAE59

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

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