#DDB943#DDB943

#DDB943 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.139 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB943
RGB	rgb(221, 185, 67)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 69.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, 0.57, 62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 62.01, 89.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% -0.0041 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.139 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.1834, 50.4781, 12.5145)
Luminance	0.5048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB943 #4367DD

analogous

#DD6C43 #DDB943 #B4DD43

triadic

#DDB943 #43DDB9 #B943DD

tetradic

#DDB943 #43DD6C #4367DD #DD43B4

square

#DDB943 #43DD6C #4367DD #DD43B4

split-complementary

#DDB943 #43B4DD #6C43DD

monochromatic

#8C7119 #C09B23 #DDB943 #E6CC77 #F0E0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#DDB943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#DDB943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB943

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB943	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFAAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 185, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.139 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eccd7e',
    500: '#ddb943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb943;
$custom-light: #eccd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.974,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79652,
    "c": 0.13867,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB943

secondary

#324992

accent

#65EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB943

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

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