#DDBC4F#DDBC4F

#DDBC4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.132 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBC4F
RGB	rgb(221, 188, 79)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 64.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, -0.32, 57.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 57.85, 90.32°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% -0.0052 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.132 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.2157, 51.9058, 14.8221)
Luminance	0.5190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBC4F #4F70DD

analogous

#DD754F #DDBC4F #B7DD4F

triadic

#DDBC4F #4FDDBC #BC4FDD

tetradic

#DDBC4F #4FDD75 #4F70DD #DD4FB7

square

#DDBC4F #4FDD75 #4F70DD #DD4FB7

split-complementary

#DDBC4F #4FB7DD #754FDD

monochromatic

#95791D #C8A327 #DDBC4F #E7D082 #F1E3B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#DDBC4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#DDBC4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBC4F

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBC4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBC4F	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)

#CFB942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbc4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 188, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.132 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcf85',
    500: '#ddbc4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbc4f;
$custom-light: #ebcf85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbc4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.056,
    "s": 67.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80364,
    "c": 0.13185,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBC4F

secondary

#374E99

accent

#66EA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBC4F

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

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