#DDAF51#DDAF51

#DDAF51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.123 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAF51
RGB	rgb(221, 175, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, 6.64, 53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 53.78, 82.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% 0.0152 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.123 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.6365, 46.6292, 14.3270)
Luminance	0.4663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAF51 #517FDD

analogous

#DD6951 #DDAF51 #C5DD51

triadic

#DDAF51 #51DDAF #AF51DD

tetradic

#DDAF51 #51DD69 #517FDD #DD51C5

square

#DDAF51 #51DD69 #517FDD #DD51C5

split-complementary

#DDAF51 #51C5DD #6951DD

monochromatic

#966F1D #C99427 #DDAF51 #E7C784 #F1DEB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#DDAF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#DDAF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAF51

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAF51	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddaf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 175, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.123 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc685',
    500: '#ddaf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddaf51;
$custom-light: #ebc685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddaf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.286,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77793,
    "c": 0.12343,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAF51

secondary

#AABCE0

accent

#76EA3E

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAF51

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

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