#DDB849#DDB849

#DDB849 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.134 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB849
RGB	rgb(221, 184, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, 1.41, 59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 59.31, 88.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.0009 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.134 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.1644, 50.1370, 13.4426)
Luminance	0.5013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB849 #496EDD

analogous

#DD6E49 #DDB849 #B8DD49

triadic

#DDB849 #49DDB8 #B849DD

tetradic

#DDB849 #49DD6E #496EDD #DD49B8

square

#DDB849 #49DD6E #496EDD #DD49B8

split-complementary

#DDB849 #49B8DD #6E49DD

monochromatic

#91731B #C49C25 #DDB849 #E7CC7D #F0E0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#DDB849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#DDB849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB849

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB849	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFA9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 184, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.134 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcd81',
    500: '#ddb849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb849;
$custom-light: #ebcd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79502,
    "c": 0.13389,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB849

secondary

#354D96

accent

#68EB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB849

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

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