#DDAE61#DDAE61

#DDAE61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.110 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAE61
RGB	rgb(221, 174, 97)
HSL	hsl(37, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(37, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 56.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, 8.32, 45.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 46.35, 79.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% 0.0222 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.11 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.1148, 46.5103, 17.8027)
Luminance	0.4651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAE61 #6190DD

analogous

#DD7061 #DDAE61 #CEDD61

triadic

#DDAE61 #61DDAE #AE61DD

tetradic

#DDAE61 #61DD70 #6190DD #DD61CE

square

#DDAE61 #61DD70 #6190DD #DD61CE

split-complementary

#DDAE61 #61CEDD #7061DD

monochromatic

#A17123 #D2942F #DDAE61 #E8C893 #F3E2C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#DDAE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#DDAE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAE61

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAE61	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)

#C1AF5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddae61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 174, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.110 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eac690',
    500: '#ddae61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddae61;
$custom-light: #eac690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddae61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.258,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77788,
    "c": 0.10986,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAE61

secondary

#B6C7E4

accent

#5DCC19

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAE61

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →