#DDBB42#DDBB42

#DDBB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.141 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBB42
RGB	rgb(221, 187, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.87, -0.53, 62.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.87, 62.92, 90.48°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% -0.0073 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.141 93)
XYZ	xyz(48.5750, 51.3089, 12.4983)
Luminance	0.5131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBB42 #4264DD

analogous

#DD6E42 #DDBB42 #B2DD42

triadic

#DDBB42 #42DDBB #BB42DD

tetradic

#DDBB42 #42DD6E #4264DD #DD42B2

square

#DDBB42 #42DD6E #4264DD #DD42B2

split-complementary

#DDBB42 #42B2DD #6E42DD

monochromatic

#8C7219 #BF9D22 #DDBB42 #E6CE76 #F0E0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#DDBB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#DDBB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBB42

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBB42	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 187, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.141 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eccf7d',
    500: '#ddbb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbb42;
$custom-light: #eccf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.839,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80048,
    "c": 0.14055,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.51306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBB42

secondary

#324791

accent

#62EC3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBB42

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

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