#DDBB50#DDBB50

#DDBB50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.130 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBB50
RGB	rgb(221, 187, 80)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, 0.26, 57.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 57.14, 89.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.0034 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.13 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.0395, 51.4947, 14.9443)
Luminance	0.5149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBB50 #5072DD

analogous

#DD7550 #DDBB50 #B9DD50

triadic

#DDBB50 #50DDBB #BB50DD

tetradic

#DDBB50 #50DD75 #5072DD #DD50B9

square

#DDBB50 #50DD75 #5072DD #DD50B9

split-complementary

#DDBB50 #50B9DD #7550DD

monochromatic

#96781D #C9A227 #DDBB50 #E7CF83 #F1E3B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#DDBB50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#DDBB50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBB50

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBB50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBB50	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbb50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 187, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.130 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcf85',
    500: '#ddbb50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbb50;
$custom-light: #ebcf85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbb50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.532,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80172,
    "c": 0.13044,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBB50

secondary

#374F9A

accent

#67EA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBB50

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

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