#DDBB55#DDBB55

#DDBB55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.126 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBB55
RGB	rgb(221, 187, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.02, 0.58, 54.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.02, 54.95, 89.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.0019 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.126 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.2311, 51.5713, 15.9537)
Luminance	0.5157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBB55 #5577DD

analogous

#DD7755 #DDBB55 #BBDD55

triadic

#DDBB55 #55DDBB #BB55DD

tetradic

#DDBB55 #55DD77 #5577DD #DD55BB

square

#DDBB55 #55DD77 #5577DD #DD55BB

split-complementary

#DDBB55 #55BBDD #7755DD

monochromatic

#997A1F #CCA329 #DDBB55 #E7CF88 #F1E4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#DDBB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#DDBB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBB55

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBB55	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)

#CEB94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 187, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.126 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcf89',
    500: '#ddbb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbb55;
$custom-light: #ebcf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80223,
    "c": 0.12643,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBB55

secondary

#39529D

accent

#69EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBB55

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

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