#DDB836#DDB836

#DDB836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.146 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB836
RGB	rgb(221, 184, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 75.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, 0.50, 66.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 66.61, 89.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0057 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.146 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.6278, 49.9224, 10.6167)
Luminance	0.4992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB836 #365BDD

analogous

#DD6536 #DDB836 #AEDD36

triadic

#DDB836 #36DDB8 #B836DD

tetradic

#DDB836 #36DD65 #365BDD #DD36AE

square

#DDB836 #36DD65 #365BDD #DD36AE

split-complementary

#DDB836 #36AEDD #6536DD

monochromatic

#836A16 #B7951F #DDB836 #E6CA6A #EFDD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#DDB836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#DDB836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB836

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB836	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB51E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 184, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.146 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eccc76',
    500: '#ddb836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb836;
$custom-light: #eccc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.707,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79356,
    "c": 0.14603,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB836

secondary

#94A4DB

accent

#62EE3A

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB836

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

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