#DDBA36#DDBA36

#DDBA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.147 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBA36
RGB	rgb(221, 186, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 75.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, -0.55, 67.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 67.09, 90.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.0087 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.147 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.0462, 50.7591, 10.7561)
Luminance	0.5076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBA36 #3659DD

analogous

#DD6736 #DDBA36 #ADDD36

triadic

#DDBA36 #36DDBA #BA36DD

tetradic

#DDBA36 #36DD67 #3659DD #DD36AD

square

#DDBA36 #36DD67 #3659DD #DD36AD

split-complementary

#DDBA36 #36ADDD #6736DD

monochromatic

#836C16 #B7971F #DDBA36 #E6CC6A #EFDE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DDBA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#DDBA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBA36

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBA36	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB71D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddba36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 186, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.147 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecce77',
    500: '#ddba36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddba36;
$custom-light: #ecce77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddba36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.425,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7976,
    "c": 0.14721,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBA36

secondary

#2E4189

accent

#60EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF1

border

#D6D3CB

text

#171309

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBA36

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

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