#DDBC53#DDBC53

#DDBC53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.129 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBC53
RGB	rgb(221, 188, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.26, -0.07, 56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.26, 56.11, 90.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% -0.004 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.129 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.3657, 51.9658, 15.6121)
Luminance	0.5196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBC53 #5374DD

analogous

#DD7753 #DDBC53 #B9DD53

triadic

#DDBC53 #53DDBC #BC53DD

tetradic

#DDBC53 #53DD77 #5374DD #DD53B9

square

#DDBC53 #53DD77 #5374DD #DD53B9

split-complementary

#DDBC53 #53B9DD #7753DD

monochromatic

#987B1E #CBA428 #DDBC53 #E7D086 #F1E4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#DDBC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#DDBC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBC53

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBC53	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)

#CFB948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbc53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 188, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.129 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcf87',
    500: '#ddbc53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbc53;
$custom-light: #ebcf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbc53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.652,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80404,
    "c": 0.1287,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBC53

secondary

#38509C

accent

#67EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBC53

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

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