#DDBD42#DDBD42

#DDBD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.142 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBD42
RGB	rgb(221, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, -1.57, 63.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 63.45, 91.42°)
OKLab	oklab(80.45% -0.0103 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(80.45% 0.142 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.0023, 52.1634, 12.6407)
Luminance	0.5216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBD42 #4262DD

analogous

#DD7042 #DDBD42 #B0DD42

triadic

#DDBD42 #42DDBD #BD42DD

tetradic

#DDBD42 #42DD70 #4262DD #DD42B0

square

#DDBD42 #42DD70 #4262DD #DD42B0

split-complementary

#DDBD42 #42B0DD #7042DD

monochromatic

#8C7419 #BF9F22 #DDBD42 #E6CF76 #F0E1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#DDBD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#DDBD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBD42

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBD42	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.142 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd07d',
    500: '#ddbd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbd42;
$custom-light: #ecd07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.613,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80453,
    "c": 0.14182,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBD42

secondary

#324691

accent

#60EC3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBD42

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

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