#DDB947#DDB947

#DDB947 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.136 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB947
RGB	rgb(221, 185, 71)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 67.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, 0.78, 60.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 60.40, 89.26°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.003 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.136 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.3076, 50.5278, 13.1684)
Luminance	0.5052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB947 #476BDD

analogous

#DD6E47 #DDB947 #B6DD47

triadic

#DDB947 #47DDB9 #B947DD

tetradic

#DDB947 #47DD6E #476BDD #DD47B6

square

#DDB947 #47DD6E #476BDD #DD47B6

split-complementary

#DDB947 #47B6DD #6E47DD

monochromatic

#8F731A #C39D24 #DDB947 #E7CD7B #F0E0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#DDB947 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#DDB947 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB947

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB947	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB947	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFAAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb947;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 185, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.136 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcd80',
    500: '#ddb947',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb947;
$custom-light: #ebcd80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb947",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 68.807,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79686,
    "c": 0.13591,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB947

secondary

#344B94

accent

#66EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB947

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

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