#DDBC49#DDBC49

#DDBC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.136 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBC49
RGB	rgb(221, 188, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, -0.68, 60.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 60.37, 90.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% -0.0069 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.136 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.0071, 51.8223, 13.7234)
Luminance	0.5182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBC49 #496ADD

analogous

#DD7249 #DDBC49 #B4DD49

triadic

#DDBC49 #49DDBC #BC49DD

tetradic

#DDBC49 #49DD72 #496ADD #DD49B4

square

#DDBC49 #49DD72 #496ADD #DD49B4

split-complementary

#DDBC49 #49B4DD #7249DD

monochromatic

#91761B #C4A125 #DDBC49 #E7CF7D #F0E2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#DDBC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#DDBC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBC49

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBC49	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)

#CFB93B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 188, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.136 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcf81',
    500: '#ddbc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbc49;
$custom-light: #ebcf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.622,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80308,
    "c": 0.13635,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBC49

secondary

#354A96

accent

#63EB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBC49

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

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