#DDAF42#DDAF42

#DDAF42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.134 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAF42
RGB	rgb(221, 175, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.82, 5.78, 59.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.82, 60.10, 84.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% 0.0108 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.134 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.1348, 46.4285, 11.6849)
Luminance	0.4642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAF42 #4270DD

analogous

#DD6242 #DDAF42 #BDDD42

triadic

#DDAF42 #42DDAF #AF42DD

tetradic

#DDAF42 #42DD62 #4270DD #DD42BD

square

#DDAF42 #42DD62 #4270DD #DD42BD

split-complementary

#DDAF42 #42BDDD #6242DD

monochromatic

#8C6A19 #BF9122 #DDAF42 #E6C576 #F0DBAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#DDAF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#DDAF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAF42

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAF42	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)

#C4AE34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddaf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 175, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.134 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecc67c',
    500: '#ddaf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddaf42;
$custom-light: #ecc67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddaf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.194,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7765,
    "c": 0.13425,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAF42

secondary

#9DB0DD

accent

#70EC3B

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAF42

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

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