#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
RGBrgb(221, 175, 66)
HSLhsl(42, 70%, 56%)
HSVhsv(42, 70%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 20.8%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(73.82, 5.78, 59.82)
CIE-LCHlch(73.82, 60.10, 84.48°)
OKLaboklab(77.65% 0.0108 0.1338)
OKLCHoklch(77.65% 0.134 85.4)
XYZxyz(46.1348, 46.4285, 11.6849)
Luminance0.4642 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

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
##DDAF421.002.0410.2810.28
#FFFFFF2.041.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2821.001.001.00
##00000010.2821.001.001.00

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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#DDAF42 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva