#DDBB51#DDBB51

#DDBB51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.130 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBB51
RGB	rgb(221, 187, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, 0.32, 56.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 56.71, 89.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.0031 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.13 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.0767, 51.5096, 15.1404)
Luminance	0.5151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBB51 #5173DD

analogous

#DD7551 #DDBB51 #B9DD51

triadic

#DDBB51 #51DDBB #BB51DD

tetradic

#DDBB51 #51DD75 #5173DD #DD51B9

square

#DDBB51 #51DD75 #5173DD #DD51B9

split-complementary

#DDBB51 #51B9DD #7551DD

monochromatic

#96791D #C9A227 #DDBB51 #E7CF84 #F1E3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#DDBB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#DDBB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBB51

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBB51	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)

#CEB845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 187, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.130 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcf86',
    500: '#ddbb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbb51;
$custom-light: #ebcf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.429,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80182,
    "c": 0.12966,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBB51

secondary

#38509B

accent

#68EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBB51

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

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