#DDB83E#DDB83E

#DDB83E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.141 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB83E
RGB	rgb(221, 184, 62)
HSL	hsl(46, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 71.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, 0.85, 63.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 63.70, 89.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% -0.0038 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.141 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.8314, 50.0038, 11.6888)
Luminance	0.5000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB83E #3E63DD

analogous

#DD693E #DDB83E #B2DD3E

triadic

#DDB83E #3EDDB8 #B83EDD

tetradic

#DDB83E #3EDD69 #3E63DD #DD3EB2

square

#DDB83E #3EDD69 #3E63DD #DD3EB2

split-complementary

#DDB83E #3EB2DD #693EDD

monochromatic

#896E18 #BD9821 #DDB83E #E6CB72 #EFDEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#DDB83E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#DDB83E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB83E

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB83E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB83E	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb83e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 184, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.141 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eccc7b',
    500: '#ddb83e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb83e;
$custom-light: #eccc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb83e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.038,
    "s": 70.044,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79412,
    "c": 0.14132,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB83E

secondary

#31478E

accent

#64ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB83E

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

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