#DDBA49#DDBA49

#DDBA49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.135 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBA49
RGB	rgb(221, 186, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, 0.37, 59.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 59.83, 89.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.0039 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.135 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.5828, 50.9738, 13.5820)
Luminance	0.5097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBA49 #496CDD

analogous

#DD7049 #DDBA49 #B6DD49

triadic

#DDBA49 #49DDBA #BA49DD

tetradic

#DDBA49 #49DD70 #496CDD #DD49B6

square

#DDBA49 #49DD70 #496CDD #DD49B6

split-complementary

#DDBA49 #49B6DD #7049DD

monochromatic

#91751B #C49E25 #DDBA49 #E7CE7D #F0E1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DDBA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#DDBA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBA49

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBA49	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)

#CDB73B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddba49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 186, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.135 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebce81',
    500: '#ddba49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddba49;
$custom-light: #ebce81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddba49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.811,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79905,
    "c": 0.13509,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBA49

secondary

#354C96

accent

#66EB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBA49

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

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