#DDAF59#DDAF59

#DDAF59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.117 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDAF59
RGB	rgb(221, 175, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.03, 7.18, 49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.03, 50.20, 81.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% 0.0178 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.117 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.9544, 46.7563, 16.0010)
Luminance	0.4675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDAF59 #5987DD

analogous

#DD6D59 #DDAF59 #C9DD59

triadic

#DDAF59 #59DDAF #AF59DD

tetradic

#DDAF59 #59DD6D #5987DD #DD59C9

square

#DDAF59 #59DD6D #5987DD #DD59C9

split-complementary

#DDAF59 #59C9DD #6D59DD

monochromatic

#9C7120 #CF952A #DDAF59 #E7C78C #F2E0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#DDAF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#DDAF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDAF59

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDAF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDAF59	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEA19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddaf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 175, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.117 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebc68a',
    500: '#ddaf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddaf59;
$custom-light: #ebc68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddaf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.091,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77883,
    "c": 0.117,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDAF59

secondary

#B0C1E2

accent

#57CE18

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDAF59

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

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