#DDB936#DDB936

#DDB936 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.147 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB936
RGB	rgb(221, 185, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 75.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, -0.03, 66.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 66.84, 90.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% -0.0072 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.147 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.8363, 50.3393, 10.6862)
Luminance	0.5034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB936 #365ADD

analogous

#DD6636 #DDB936 #AEDD36

triadic

#DDB936 #36DDB9 #B936DD

tetradic

#DDB936 #36DD66 #365ADD #DD36AE

square

#DDB936 #36DD66 #365ADD #DD36AE

split-complementary

#DDB936 #36AEDD #6636DD

monochromatic

#836B16 #B7961F #DDB936 #E6CB6A #EFDD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#DDB936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#DDB936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB936

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB936	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB61E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFAAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 185, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.147 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eccd77',
    500: '#ddb936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb936;
$custom-light: #eccd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.066,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79558,
    "c": 0.14662,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB936

secondary

#2E4289

accent

#61EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF1

border

#D6D3CB

text

#171309

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB936

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

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