#DDBC47#DDBC47

#DDBC47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.138 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBC47
RGB	rgb(221, 188, 71)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 67.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, -0.79, 61.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 61.19, 90.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% -0.0075 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.138 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.9418, 51.7962, 13.3798)
Luminance	0.5179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBC47 #4768DD

analogous

#DD7147 #DDBC47 #B3DD47

triadic

#DDBC47 #47DDBC #BC47DD

tetradic

#DDBC47 #47DD71 #4768DD #DD47B3

square

#DDBC47 #47DD71 #4768DD #DD47B3

split-complementary

#DDBC47 #47B3DD #7147DD

monochromatic

#8F751A #C3A024 #DDBC47 #E7CF7B #F0E2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#DDBC47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#DDBC47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBC47

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBC47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBC47	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbc47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 188, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.138 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcf80',
    500: '#ddbc47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbc47;
$custom-light: #ebcf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbc47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.8,
    "s": 68.807,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80291,
    "c": 0.13777,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBC47

secondary

#344994

accent

#63EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBC47

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

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