#DDB636#DDB636

#DDB636 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.145 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB636
RGB	rgb(221, 182, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 75.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, 1.54, 66.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 66.14, 88.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.0027 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.145 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.2153, 49.0973, 10.4792)
Luminance	0.4909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB636 #365DDD

analogous

#DD6336 #DDB636 #B1DD36

triadic

#DDB636 #36DDB6 #B636DD

tetradic

#DDB636 #36DD63 #365DDD #DD36B1

square

#DDB636 #36DD63 #365DDD #DD36B1

split-complementary

#DDB636 #36B1DD #6336DD

monochromatic

#836916 #B7931F #DDB636 #E6C96A #EFDC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#DDB636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#DDB636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB636

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB636	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB41F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 182, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.145 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eccb76',
    500: '#ddb636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb636;
$custom-light: #eccb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.988,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78954,
    "c": 0.14493,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB636

secondary

#94A4DB

accent

#64EE3A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB636

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

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