#DDB846#DDB846

#DDB846 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.136 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB846
RGB	rgb(221, 184, 70)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 68.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, 1.25, 60.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 60.55, 88.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% -0.0018 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.136 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.0673, 50.0982, 12.9313)
Luminance	0.5010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB846 #466BDD

analogous

#DD6D46 #DDB846 #B7DD46

triadic

#DDB846 #46DDB8 #B846DD

tetradic

#DDB846 #46DD6D #466BDD #DD46B7

square

#DDB846 #46DD6D #466BDD #DD46B7

split-complementary

#DDB846 #46B7DD #6D46DD

monochromatic

#8E721A #C29B24 #DDB846 #E7CC7A #F0E0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#DDB846 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#DDB846 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB846

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB846	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB846	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)

#CCB637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb846;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 184, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.136 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcd7f',
    500: '#ddb846',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb846;
$custom-light: #ebcd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb846",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.298,
    "s": 68.95,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79476,
    "c": 0.13603,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB846

secondary

#344B94

accent

#67EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB846

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

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