#DDB436#DDB436

#DDB436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.144 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB436
RGB	rgb(221, 180, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 75.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, 2.59, 65.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 65.70, 87.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% 0.0003 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.144 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.8087, 48.2840, 10.3436)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB436 #365FDD

analogous

#DD6136 #DDB436 #B3DD36

triadic

#DDB436 #36DDB4 #B436DD

tetradic

#DDB436 #36DD61 #365FDD #DD36B3

square

#DDB436 #36DD61 #365FDD #DD36B3

split-complementary

#DDB436 #36B3DD #6136DD

monochromatic

#836816 #B7921F #DDB436 #E6C86A #EFDB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#DDB436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#DDB436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB436

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB436	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B21F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 180, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.144 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecca76',
    500: '#ddb436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb436;
$custom-light: #ecca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.269,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78553,
    "c": 0.14388,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB436

secondary

#94A5DB

accent

#66EE3A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8ED

border

#D6D1C8

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB436

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

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