#DDBA42#DDBA42

#DDBA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.140 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBA42
RGB	rgb(221, 186, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, -0.01, 62.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 62.66, 90.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% -0.0058 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.14 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.3636, 50.8861, 12.4278)
Luminance	0.5088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBA42 #4265DD

analogous

#DD6D42 #DDBA42 #B2DD42

triadic

#DDBA42 #42DDBA #BA42DD

tetradic

#DDBA42 #42DD6D #4265DD #DD42B2

square

#DDBA42 #42DD6D #4265DD #DD42B2

split-complementary

#DDBA42 #42B2DD #6D42DD

monochromatic

#8C7219 #BF9C22 #DDBA42 #E6CD76 #F0E0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DDBA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#DDBA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBA42

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBA42	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddba42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 186, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.140 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecce7d',
    500: '#ddba42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddba42;
$custom-light: #ecce7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddba42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79846,
    "c": 0.13993,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBA42

secondary

#324891

accent

#63EC3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBA42

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

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