#DDBD44#DDBD44

#DDBD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.140 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBD44
RGB	rgb(221, 189, 68)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 69.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.39, -1.47, 62.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.39, 62.67, 91.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.0098 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.14 94)
XYZ	xyz(49.0623, 52.1874, 12.9567)
Luminance	0.5219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBD44 #4464DD

analogous

#DD7144 #DDBD44 #B1DD44

triadic

#DDBD44 #44DDBD #BD44DD

tetradic

#DDBD44 #44DD71 #4464DD #DD44B1

square

#DDBD44 #44DD71 #4464DD #DD44B1

split-complementary

#DDBD44 #44B1DD #7144DD

monochromatic

#8D751A #C1A023 #DDBD44 #E6CF78 #F0E2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#DDBD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#DDBD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBD44

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBD44	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbd44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 189, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.140 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd07e',
    500: '#ddbd44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbd44;
$custom-light: #ebd07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbd44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.451,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80469,
    "c": 0.14049,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.52185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBD44

secondary

#334792

accent

#61EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBD44

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

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