#DDBA50#DDBA50

#DDBA50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.130 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBA50
RGB	rgb(221, 186, 80)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, 0.78, 56.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 56.87, 89.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% -0.0019 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.13 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.8281, 51.0719, 14.8738)
Luminance	0.5107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBA50 #5073DD

analogous

#DD7450 #DDBA50 #BADD50

triadic

#DDBA50 #50DDBA #BA50DD

tetradic

#DDBA50 #50DD74 #5073DD #DD50BA

square

#DDBA50 #50DD74 #5073DD #DD50BA

split-complementary

#DDBA50 #50BADD #7450DD

monochromatic

#96781D #C9A127 #DDBA50 #E7CE83 #F1E2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#DDBA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#DDBA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBA50

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBA50	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddba50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 186, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.130 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebce85',
    500: '#ddba50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddba50;
$custom-light: #ebce85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddba50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.106,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7997,
    "c": 0.12982,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBA50

secondary

#37509A

accent

#68EA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBA50

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

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