#DDAF40#DDAF40

#DDAF40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.136 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAF40
RGB	rgb(221, 175, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, 5.68, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 60.90, 84.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% 0.0103 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.136 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0769, 46.4054, 11.3798)
Luminance	0.4640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAF40 #406EDD

analogous

#DD6040 #DDAF40 #BDDD40

triadic

#DDAF40 #40DDAF #AF40DD

tetradic

#DDAF40 #40DD60 #406EDD #DD40BD

square

#DDAF40 #40DD60 #406EDD #DD40BD

split-complementary

#DDAF40 #40BDDD #6040DD

monochromatic

#8A6919 #BE9022 #DDAF40 #E6C574 #EFDBA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#DDAF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#DDAF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAF40

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAF40	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)

#C4AE31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddaf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 175, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.136 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc67b',
    500: '#ddaf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddaf40;
$custom-light: #ecc67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddaf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.42,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77633,
    "c": 0.13555,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAF40

secondary

#9CAFDD

accent

#6FED3B

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAF40

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

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