#DDBB4A#DDBB4A

#DDBB4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.135 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBB4A
RGB	rgb(221, 187, 74)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 66.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, -0.10, 59.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 59.69, 90.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% -0.0052 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.135 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.8276, 51.4099, 13.8285)
Luminance	0.5141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBB4A #4A6CDD

analogous

#DD714A #DDBB4A #B6DD4A

triadic

#DDBB4A #4ADDBB #BB4ADD

tetradic

#DDBB4A #4ADD71 #4A6CDD #DD4AB6

square

#DDBB4A #4ADD71 #4A6CDD #DD4AB6

split-complementary

#DDBB4A #4AB6DD #714ADD

monochromatic

#91761B #C5A025 #DDBB4A #E7CE7E #F0E2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#DDBB4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#DDBB4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBB4A

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBB4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBB4A	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)

#CEB83C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbb4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 187, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.135 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcf82',
    500: '#ddbb4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbb4a;
$custom-light: #ebcf82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbb4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.122,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80115,
    "c": 0.13498,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBB4A

secondary

#354B96

accent

#65EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBB4A

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

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