#DDB948#DDB948

#DDB948 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.135 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB948
RGB	rgb(221, 185, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 67.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, 0.83, 59.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 59.99, 89.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.0027 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.135 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3400, 50.5407, 13.3388)
Luminance	0.5054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB948 #486CDD

analogous

#DD6E48 #DDB948 #B7DD48

triadic

#DDB948 #48DDB9 #B948DD

tetradic

#DDB948 #48DD6E #486CDD #DD48B7

square

#DDB948 #48DD6E #486CDD #DD48B7

split-complementary

#DDB948 #48B7DD #6E48DD

monochromatic

#90741B #C39D24 #DDB948 #E7CD7C #F0E0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#DDB948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#DDB948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB948

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB948	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)

#CDB73A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 185, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.135 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcd80',
    500: '#ddb948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb948;
$custom-light: #ebcd80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.503,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79694,
    "c": 0.13521,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB948

secondary

#344C95

accent

#67EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB948

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

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