#DDBA51#DDBA51

#DDBA51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.129 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBA51
RGB	rgb(221, 186, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.73, 0.85, 56.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.73, 56.43, 89.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.98% -0.0016 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(79.98% 0.129 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.8653, 51.0868, 15.0699)
Luminance	0.5108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBA51 #5174DD

analogous

#DD7451 #DDBA51 #BADD51

triadic

#DDBA51 #51DDBA #BA51DD

tetradic

#DDBA51 #51DD74 #5174DD #DD51BA

square

#DDBA51 #51DD74 #5174DD #DD51BA

split-complementary

#DDBA51 #51BADD #7451DD

monochromatic

#96781D #C9A127 #DDBA51 #E7CE84 #F1E3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#DDBA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#DDBA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBA51

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBA51	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddba51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 186, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.129 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebce86',
    500: '#ddba51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddba51;
$custom-light: #ebce86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddba51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7998,
    "c": 0.12903,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBA51

secondary

#38509B

accent

#69EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBA51

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

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