#DDBC50#DDBC50

#DDBC50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.131 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBC50
RGB	rgb(221, 188, 80)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, -0.26, 57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 57.42, 90.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.37% -0.0049 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(80.37% 0.131 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.2524, 51.9204, 15.0153)
Luminance	0.5192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBC50 #5071DD

analogous

#DD7650 #DDBC50 #B8DD50

triadic

#DDBC50 #50DDBC #BC50DD

tetradic

#DDBC50 #50DD76 #5071DD #DD50B8

square

#DDBC50 #50DD76 #5071DD #DD50B8

split-complementary

#DDBC50 #50B8DD #7650DD

monochromatic

#96791D #C9A327 #DDBC50 #E7D083 #F1E3B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#DDBC50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#DDBC50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBC50

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBC50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBC50	1.00	1.84	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.84	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)

#CFB944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbc50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 188, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.131 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcf85',
    500: '#ddbc50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbc50;
$custom-light: #ebcf85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbc50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.957,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80373,
    "c": 0.13108,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBC50

secondary

#374E9A

accent

#66EA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBC50

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

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