#DDBD45#DDBD45

#DDBD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.140 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBD45
RGB	rgb(221, 189, 69)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 68.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.40, -1.41, 62.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.40, 62.27, 91.30°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% -0.0095 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.14 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.0931, 52.1997, 13.1188)
Luminance	0.5220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBD45 #4565DD

analogous

#DD7145 #DDBD45 #B1DD45

triadic

#DDBD45 #45DDBD #BD45DD

tetradic

#DDBD45 #45DD71 #4565DD #DD45B1

square

#DDBD45 #45DD71 #4565DD #DD45B1

split-complementary

#DDBD45 #45B1DD #7145DD

monochromatic

#8E751A #C1A023 #DDBD45 #E6CF79 #F0E2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#DDBD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#DDBD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBD45

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBD45	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)

#D0BA35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbd45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 189, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.140 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd07f',
    500: '#ddbd45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbd45;
$custom-light: #ebd07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbd45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 69.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80477,
    "c": 0.1398,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBD45

secondary

#334793

accent

#61EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBD45

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

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