#DDBC57#DDBC57

#DDBC57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.125 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBC57
RGB	rgb(221, 188, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.30, 0.20, 54.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.30, 54.34, 89.79°)
OKLab	oklab(80.45% -0.0027 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(80.45% 0.125 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.5246, 52.0293, 16.4491)
Luminance	0.5203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBC57 #5778DD

analogous

#DD7957 #DDBC57 #BBDD57

triadic

#DDBC57 #57DDBC #BC57DD

tetradic

#DDBC57 #57DD79 #5778DD #DD57BB

square

#DDBC57 #57DD79 #5778DD #DD57BB

split-complementary

#DDBC57 #57BBDD #7957DD

monochromatic

#9A7C1F #CDA52A #DDBC57 #E7D08A #F2E5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#DDBC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#DDBC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBC57

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBC57	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 188, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.125 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcf8a',
    500: '#ddbc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbc57;
$custom-light: #ebcf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.224,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80446,
    "c": 0.12542,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBC57

secondary

#3A539E

accent

#44CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBC57

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

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