#DDBB49#DDBB49

#DDBB49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.136 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBB49
RGB	rgb(221, 187, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.92, -0.16, 60.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.92, 60.10, 90.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% -0.0054 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.136 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.7942, 51.3966, 13.6525)
Luminance	0.5139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBB49 #496BDD

analogous

#DD7149 #DDBB49 #B5DD49

triadic

#DDBB49 #49DDBB #BB49DD

tetradic

#DDBB49 #49DD71 #496BDD #DD49B5

square

#DDBB49 #49DD71 #496BDD #DD49B5

split-complementary

#DDBB49 #49B5DD #7149DD

monochromatic

#91761B #C4A025 #DDBB49 #E7CE7D #F0E2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#DDBB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#DDBB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBB49

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBB49	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB83B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 187, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.136 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcf81',
    500: '#ddbb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbb49;
$custom-light: #ebcf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.216,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80106,
    "c": 0.13571,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBB49

secondary

#354B96

accent

#65EB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBB49

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

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