#DDB745#DDB745

#DDB745 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.136 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB745
RGB	rgb(221, 183, 69)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 68.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.87, 1.72, 60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.87, 60.70, 88.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% -0.0005 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.136 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.8290, 49.6717, 12.6974)
Luminance	0.4967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB745 #456BDD

analogous

#DD6B45 #DDB745 #B7DD45

triadic

#DDB745 #45DDB7 #B745DD

tetradic

#DDB745 #45DD6B #456BDD #DD45B7

square

#DDB745 #45DD6B #456BDD #DD45B7

split-complementary

#DDB745 #45B7DD #6B45DD

monochromatic

#8E711A #C19A23 #DDB745 #E6CB79 #F0DFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#DDB745 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#DDB745 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB745

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB745	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB745	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)

#CBB536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb745;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 183, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.136 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eccc7f',
    500: '#ddb745',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb745;
$custom-light: #eccc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb745",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 69.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79267,
    "c": 0.13615,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB745

secondary

#A0AFDE

accent

#68EC3C

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FEF8EF

border

#D6D1CA

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB745

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

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