#DDB744#DDB744

#DDB744 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.137 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB744
RGB	rgb(221, 183, 68)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 69.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.86, 1.67, 61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.86, 61.11, 88.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.0008 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.137 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.7983, 49.6593, 12.5353)
Luminance	0.4966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB744 #446ADD

analogous

#DD6B44 #DDB744 #B7DD44

triadic

#DDB744 #44DDB7 #B744DD

tetradic

#DDB744 #44DD6B #446ADD #DD44B7

square

#DDB744 #44DD6B #446ADD #DD44B7

split-complementary

#DDB744 #44B7DD #6B44DD

monochromatic

#8D701A #C19A23 #DDB744 #E6CB78 #F0DFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#DDB744 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#DDB744 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB744

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB744	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB744	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb744;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 183, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.137 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eccc7e',
    500: '#ddb744',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb744;
$custom-light: #eccc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb744",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.098,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79258,
    "c": 0.13684,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB744

secondary

#9FAFDE

accent

#68EC3C

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB744

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

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