#DDB536#DDB536

#DDB536 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.144 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB536
RGB	rgb(221, 181, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 75.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, 2.07, 65.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 65.92, 88.20°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% -0.0012 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.144 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.0113, 48.6892, 10.4112)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB536 #365EDD

analogous

#DD6236 #DDB536 #B2DD36

triadic

#DDB536 #36DDB5 #B536DD

tetradic

#DDB536 #36DD62 #365EDD #DD36B2

square

#DDB536 #36DD62 #365EDD #DD36B2

split-complementary

#DDB536 #36B2DD #6236DD

monochromatic

#836916 #B7921F #DDB536 #E6C86A #EFDC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#DDB536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#DDB536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB536

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB536	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB31F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 181, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.144 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecca76',
    500: '#ddb536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb536;
$custom-light: #ecca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.629,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78754,
    "c": 0.14439,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB536

secondary

#94A5DB

accent

#65EE3A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8ED

border

#D6D1C8

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB536

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

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