#DDBD46#DDBD46

#DDBD46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.139 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBD46
RGB	rgb(221, 189, 70)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 68.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.41, -1.36, 61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.41, 61.87, 91.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% -0.0093 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.139 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.1244, 52.2122, 13.2836)
Luminance	0.5221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBD46 #4666DD

analogous

#DD7246 #DDBD46 #B1DD46

triadic

#DDBD46 #46DDBD #BD46DD

tetradic

#DDBD46 #46DD72 #4666DD #DD46B1

square

#DDBD46 #46DD72 #4666DD #DD46B1

split-complementary

#DDBD46 #46B1DD #7246DD

monochromatic

#8E761A #C2A124 #DDBD46 #E7CF7A #F0E2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#DDBD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#DDBD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBD46

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBD46	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)

#D0BA36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbd46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 189, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.139 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd080',
    500: '#ddbd46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbd46;
$custom-light: #ebd080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbd46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.285,
    "s": 68.95,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80485,
    "c": 0.13912,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBD46

secondary

#344894

accent

#61EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBD46

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

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