#DDB844#DDB844

#DDB844 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.137 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB844
RGB	rgb(221, 184, 68)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 69.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, 1.14, 61.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 61.36, 88.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.46% -0.0023 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(79.46% 0.137 91)
XYZ	xyz(48.0052, 50.0733, 12.6043)
Luminance	0.5007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB844 #4469DD

analogous

#DD6C44 #DDB844 #B6DD44

triadic

#DDB844 #44DDB8 #B844DD

tetradic

#DDB844 #44DD6C #4469DD #DD44B6

square

#DDB844 #44DD6C #4469DD #DD44B6

split-complementary

#DDB844 #44B6DD #6C44DD

monochromatic

#8D711A #C19B23 #DDB844 #E6CC78 #F0DFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#DDB844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#DDB844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB844

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB844	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 184, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.137 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eccd7e',
    500: '#ddb844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb844;
$custom-light: #eccd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.49,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79459,
    "c": 0.13741,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.5007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB844

secondary

#334A92

accent

#66EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB844

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

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