#DDBC45#DDBC45

#DDBC45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.139 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBC45
RGB	rgb(221, 188, 69)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 68.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, -0.89, 61.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 62.00, 90.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% -0.008 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.139 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.8787, 51.7710, 13.0473)
Luminance	0.5177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBC45 #4566DD

analogous

#DD7045 #DDBC45 #B2DD45

triadic

#DDBC45 #45DDBC #BC45DD

tetradic

#DDBC45 #45DD70 #4566DD #DD45B2

square

#DDBC45 #45DD70 #4566DD #DD45B2

split-complementary

#DDBC45 #45B2DD #7045DD

monochromatic

#8E751A #C19F23 #DDBC45 #E6CF79 #F0E1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#DDBC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#DDBC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBC45

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBC45	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)

#CFB935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbc45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 188, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.139 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcf7f',
    500: '#ddbc45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbc45;
$custom-light: #ebcf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbc45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.974,
    "s": 69.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80274,
    "c": 0.13916,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBC45

secondary

#334893

accent

#62EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBC45

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

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