#DDAE5B#DDAE5B

#DDAE5B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.115 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAE5B
RGB	rgb(221, 174, 91)
HSL	hsl(38, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 58.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, 7.86, 48.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 49.09, 80.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% 0.0201 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.115 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.8456, 46.4026, 16.3847)
Luminance	0.4640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAE5B #5B8ADD

analogous

#DD6D5B #DDAE5B #CBDD5B

triadic

#DDAE5B #5BDDAE #AE5BDD

tetradic

#DDAE5B #5BDD6D #5B8ADD #DD5BCB

square

#DDAE5B #5BDD6D #5B8ADD #DD5BCB

split-complementary

#DDAE5B #5BCBDD #6D5BDD

monochromatic

#9D7021 #D0942B #DDAE5B #E8C78E #F2E0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#DDAE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#DDAE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAE5B

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAE5B	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AF53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddae5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 174, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.115 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc68c',
    500: '#ddae5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddae5b;
$custom-light: #ebc68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddae5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.308,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77711,
    "c": 0.11497,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAE5B

secondary

#B1C3E2

accent

#5ACE18

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAE5B

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

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