#DDB949#DDB949

#DDB949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.134 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDB949
RGB	rgb(221, 185, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, 0.89, 59.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 59.57, 89.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% -0.0024 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.134 91)
XYZ	xyz(48.3729, 50.5539, 13.5120)
Luminance	0.5055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDB949 #496DDD

analogous

#DD6F49 #DDB949 #B7DD49

triadic

#DDB949 #49DDB9 #B949DD

tetradic

#DDB949 #49DD6F #496DDD #DD49B7

square

#DDB949 #49DD6F #496DDD #DD49B7

split-complementary

#DDB949 #49B7DD #6F49DD

monochromatic

#91741B #C49D25 #DDB949 #E7CD7D #F0E1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#DDB949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#DDB949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDB949

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDB949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDB949	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)

#CCB73B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddb949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 185, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.134 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcd81',
    500: '#ddb949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddb949;
$custom-light: #ebcd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddb949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79703,
    "c": 0.13448,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.50551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDB949

secondary

#354C96

accent

#67EB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDB949

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

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