#DDBA48#DDBA48

#DDBA48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.136 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBA48
RGB	rgb(221, 186, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 67.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, 0.31, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 60.25, 89.70°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% -0.0042 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.136 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.5499, 50.9606, 13.4088)
Luminance	0.5096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBA48 #486BDD

analogous

#DD6F48 #DDBA48 #B6DD48

triadic

#DDBA48 #48DDBA #BA48DD

tetradic

#DDBA48 #48DD6F #486BDD #DD48B6

square

#DDBA48 #48DD6F #486BDD #DD48B6

split-complementary

#DDBA48 #48B6DD #6F48DD

monochromatic

#90741B #C39E24 #DDBA48 #E7CD7C #F0E1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DDBA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#DDBA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBA48

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBA48	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB73A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddba48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 186, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.136 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebce81',
    500: '#ddba48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddba48;
$custom-light: #ebce81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddba48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.906,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79896,
    "c": 0.13581,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBA48

secondary

#344B95

accent

#65EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBA48

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

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