#DDBC42#DDBC42

#DDBC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.141 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBC42
RGB	rgb(221, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.12, -1.05, 63.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.12, 63.18, 90.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.0088 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.141 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.7879, 51.7347, 12.5692)
Luminance	0.5173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBC42 #4263DD

analogous

#DD6F42 #DDBC42 #B1DD42

triadic

#DDBC42 #42DDBC #BC42DD

tetradic

#DDBC42 #42DD6F #4263DD #DD42B1

square

#DDBC42 #42DD6F #4263DD #DD42B1

split-complementary

#DDBC42 #42B1DD #6F42DD

monochromatic

#8C7319 #BF9E22 #DDBC42 #E6CE76 #F0E1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#DDBC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#DDBC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBC42

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBC42	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.141 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eccf7d',
    500: '#ddbc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbc42;
$custom-light: #eccf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.226,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8025,
    "c": 0.14119,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBC42

secondary

#324691

accent

#61EC3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBC42

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

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