#DDBC4E#DDBC4E

#DDBC4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.133 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBC4E
RGB	rgb(221, 188, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 64.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, -0.38, 58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 58.28, 90.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% -0.0055 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.133 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.1796, 51.8913, 14.6319)
Luminance	0.5189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBC4E #4E6FDD

analogous

#DD744E #DDBC4E #B6DD4E

triadic

#DDBC4E #4EDDBC #BC4EDD

tetradic

#DDBC4E #4EDD74 #4E6FDD #DD4EB6

square

#DDBC4E #4EDD74 #4E6FDD #DD4EB6

split-complementary

#DDBC4E #4EB6DD #744EDD

monochromatic

#94791C #C7A226 #DDBC4E #E7CF81 #F1E3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#DDBC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#DDBC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBC4E

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBC4E	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 188, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.133 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcf84',
    500: '#ddbc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbc4e;
$custom-light: #ebcf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80354,
    "c": 0.13262,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBC4E

secondary

#364D99

accent

#65EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBC4E

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

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