#DDB847#DDB847

#DDB847 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.135 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB847
RGB	rgb(221, 184, 71)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 67.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, 1.30, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 60.14, 88.76°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.0015 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.135 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.0992, 50.1109, 13.0989)
Luminance	0.5011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB847 #476CDD

analogous

#DD6D47 #DDB847 #B7DD47

triadic

#DDB847 #47DDB8 #B847DD

tetradic

#DDB847 #47DD6D #476CDD #DD47B7

square

#DDB847 #47DD6D #476CDD #DD47B7

split-complementary

#DDB847 #47B7DD #6D47DD

monochromatic

#8F721A #C39C24 #DDB847 #E7CC7B #F0E0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#DDB847 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#DDB847 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB847

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB847	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB847	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)

#CCB639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb847;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 184, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.135 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcd80',
    500: '#ddb847',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb847;
$custom-light: #ebcd80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb847",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.2,
    "s": 68.807,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79485,
    "c": 0.13533,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB847

secondary

#344C94

accent

#67EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB847

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

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