#DDBC51#DDBC51

#DDBC51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.130 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBC51
RGB	rgb(221, 188, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, -0.20, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 56.99, 90.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.0046 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.13 92)
XYZ	xyz(49.2896, 51.9353, 15.2113)
Luminance	0.5193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBC51 #5172DD

analogous

#DD7651 #DDBC51 #B8DD51

triadic

#DDBC51 #51DDBC #BC51DD

tetradic

#DDBC51 #51DD76 #5172DD #DD51B8

square

#DDBC51 #51DD76 #5172DD #DD51B8

split-complementary

#DDBC51 #51B8DD #7651DD

monochromatic

#967A1D #C9A327 #DDBC51 #E7D084 #F1E3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#DDBC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#DDBC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBC51

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBC51	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 188, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.130 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcf86',
    500: '#ddbc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbc51;
$custom-light: #ebcf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.857,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80383,
    "c": 0.13029,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.51933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBC51

secondary

#384F9B

accent

#66EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBC51

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

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