#DDAE60#DDAE60

#DDAE60 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.111 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAE60
RGB	rgb(221, 174, 96)
HSL	hsl(37, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(37, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 56.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, 8.24, 46.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 46.81, 79.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% 0.0218 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.111 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.0685, 46.4917, 17.5587)
Luminance	0.4649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAE60 #608FDD

analogous

#DD7060 #DDAE60 #CEDD60

triadic

#DDAE60 #60DDAE #AE60DD

tetradic

#DDAE60 #60DD70 #608FDD #DD60CE

square

#DDAE60 #60DD70 #608FDD #DD60CE

split-complementary

#DDAE60 #60CEDD #7060DD

monochromatic

#A07122 #D2942E #DDAE60 #E8C892 #F3E1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#DDAE60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#DDAE60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAE60

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAE60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAE60	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AF59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddae60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 174, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.111 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc68f',
    500: '#ddae60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddae60;
$custom-light: #ebc68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddae60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.44,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77775,
    "c": 0.11072,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAE60

secondary

#B5C7E3

accent

#5CCD19

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAE60

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

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