#DDBC52#DDBC52

#DDBC52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.130 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBC52
RGB	rgb(221, 188, 82)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 62.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.25, -0.14, 56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.25, 56.55, 90.14°)
OKLab	oklab(80.39% -0.0043 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(80.39% 0.13 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.3274, 51.9504, 15.4103)
Luminance	0.5195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBC52 #5273DD

analogous

#DD7652 #DDBC52 #B9DD52

triadic

#DDBC52 #52DDBC #BC52DD

tetradic

#DDBC52 #52DD76 #5273DD #DD52B9

square

#DDBC52 #52DD76 #5273DD #DD52B9

split-complementary

#DDBC52 #52B9DD #7652DD

monochromatic

#977A1E #CAA428 #DDBC52 #E7D085 #F1E4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#DDBC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#DDBC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBC52

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBC52	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)

#CFB946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbc52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 188, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.130 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcf87',
    500: '#ddbc52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbc52;
$custom-light: #ebcf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbc52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.755,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80393,
    "c": 0.1295,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBC52

secondary

#38509B

accent

#67EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBC52

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

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