#DDBB12#DDBB12

#DDBB12 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.161 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBB12
RGB	rgb(221, 187, 18)
HSL	hsl(50, 85%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(50, 92%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 91.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.65, -2.03, 76.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.65, 76.37, 91.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0155 0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.161 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.7012, 50.9594, 7.8958)
Luminance	0.5096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBB12 #1234DD

analogous

#DD5612 #DDBB12 #99DD12

triadic

#DDBB12 #12DDBB #BB12DD

tetradic

#DDBB12 #12DD56 #1234DD #DD1299

square

#DDBB12 #12DD56 #1234DD #DD1299

split-complementary

#DDBB12 #1299DD #5612DD

monochromatic

#6C5B09 #A48B0D #DDBB12 #EFD13D #F4DF76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#DDBB12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#DDBB12 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBB12

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBB12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBB12	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)

#D0B700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbb12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 187, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.161 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edce69',
    500: '#ddbb12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbb12;
$custom-light: #edce69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbb12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.951,
    "s": 84.937,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79813,
    "c": 0.16129,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBB12

secondary

#1E2C75

accent

#4FFB2D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF0

border

#D7D3CB

text

#171307

muted

#85837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBB12

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

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