#DDBC59#DDBC59

#DDBC59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.124 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBC59
RGB	rgb(221, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.32, 0.33, 53.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.32, 53.44, 89.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.0021 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.124 91)
XYZ	xyz(49.6074, 52.0625, 16.8854)
Luminance	0.5206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBC59 #597ADD

analogous

#DD7A59 #DDBC59 #BCDD59

triadic

#DDBC59 #59DDBC #BC59DD

tetradic

#DDBC59 #59DD7A #597ADD #DD59BC

square

#DDBC59 #59DD7A #597ADD #DD59BC

split-complementary

#DDBC59 #59BCDD #7A59DD

monochromatic

#9C7D20 #CFA52A #DDBC59 #E7D18C #F2E5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#DDBC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#DDBC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBC59

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBC59	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)

#CEBA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.124 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebcf8b',
    500: '#ddbc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbc59;
$custom-light: #ebcf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80468,
    "c": 0.12373,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.5206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBC59

secondary

#3B54A0

accent

#45CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBC59

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

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