#DDBB36#DDBB36

#DDBB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.148 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBB36
RGB	rgb(221, 187, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 75.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -1.07, 67.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 67.33, 90.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% -0.0101 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.148 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.2576, 51.1819, 10.8266)
Luminance	0.5118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBB36 #3658DD

analogous

#DD6836 #DDBB36 #ACDD36

triadic

#DDBB36 #36DDBB #BB36DD

tetradic

#DDBB36 #36DD68 #3658DD #DD36AC

square

#DDBB36 #36DD68 #3658DD #DD36AC

split-complementary

#DDBB36 #36ACDD #6836DD

monochromatic

#836C16 #B7981F #DDBB36 #E6CD6A #EFDE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#DDBB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#DDBB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBB36

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBB36	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB81D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbb36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 187, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.148 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eccf77',
    500: '#ddbb36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbb36;
$custom-light: #eccf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbb36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.784,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79963,
    "c": 0.14781,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBB36

secondary

#2E4189

accent

#5FEE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF1

border

#D6D3CB

text

#171309

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBB36

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

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