#DDBB53#DDBB53

#DDBB53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.128 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBB53
RGB	rgb(221, 187, 83)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, 0.45, 55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 55.83, 89.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% -0.0025 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.128 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.1528, 51.5400, 15.5412)
Luminance	0.5154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBB53 #5375DD

analogous

#DD7653 #DDBB53 #BADD53

triadic

#DDBB53 #53DDBB #BB53DD

tetradic

#DDBB53 #53DD76 #5375DD #DD53BA

square

#DDBB53 #53DD76 #5375DD #DD53BA

split-complementary

#DDBB53 #53BADD #7653DD

monochromatic

#987A1E #CBA328 #DDBB53 #E7CF86 #F1E3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#DDBB53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#DDBB53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBB53

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBB53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBB53	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbb53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 187, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.128 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcf87',
    500: '#ddbb53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbb53;
$custom-light: #ebcf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbb53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.217,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80202,
    "c": 0.12806,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBB53

secondary

#38519C

accent

#68EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBB53

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

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