#DDB845#DDB845

#DDB845 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.137 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB845
RGB	rgb(221, 184, 69)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 68.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, 1.20, 60.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 60.95, 88.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.002 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.137 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.0360, 50.0856, 12.7664)
Luminance	0.5008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB845 #456ADD

analogous

#DD6C45 #DDB845 #B6DD45

triadic

#DDB845 #45DDB8 #B845DD

tetradic

#DDB845 #45DD6C #456ADD #DD45B6

square

#DDB845 #45DD6C #456ADD #DD45B6

split-complementary

#DDB845 #45B6DD #6C45DD

monochromatic

#8E721A #C19B23 #DDB845 #E6CC79 #F0E0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#DDB845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#DDB845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB845

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB845	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 184, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.137 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcd7f',
    500: '#ddb845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb845;
$custom-light: #ebcd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.395,
    "s": 69.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79467,
    "c": 0.13673,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB845

secondary

#334B93

accent

#67EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB845

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

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