#DDB736#DDB736

#DDB736 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.145 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB736
RGB	rgb(221, 183, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 75.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.77, 1.02, 66.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.77, 66.37, 89.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.0042 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.145 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.4209, 49.5084, 10.5477)
Luminance	0.4950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB736 #365CDD

analogous

#DD6436 #DDB736 #B0DD36

triadic

#DDB736 #36DDB7 #B736DD

tetradic

#DDB736 #36DD64 #365CDD #DD36B0

square

#DDB736 #36DD64 #365CDD #DD36B0

split-complementary

#DDB736 #36B0DD #6436DD

monochromatic

#836A16 #B7941F #DDB736 #E6CA6A #EFDD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#DDB736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#DDB736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB736

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB736	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB41E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 183, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.145 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eccc76',
    500: '#ddb736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb736;
$custom-light: #eccc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.347,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79155,
    "c": 0.14547,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB736

secondary

#94A4DB

accent

#63EE3A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB736

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

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