#DDBD47#DDBD47

#DDBD47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.138 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBD47
RGB	rgb(221, 189, 71)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 67.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, -1.31, 61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 61.47, 91.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% -0.009 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.138 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.1562, 52.2250, 13.4513)
Luminance	0.5222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBD47 #4767DD

analogous

#DD7247 #DDBD47 #B2DD47

triadic

#DDBD47 #47DDBD #BD47DD

tetradic

#DDBD47 #47DD72 #4767DD #DD47B2

square

#DDBD47 #47DD72 #4767DD #DD47B2

split-complementary

#DDBD47 #47B2DD #7247DD

monochromatic

#8F761A #C3A124 #DDBD47 #E7D07B #F0E2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#DDBD47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#DDBD47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBD47

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBD47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBD47	1.00	1.83	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.83	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)

#D0BA38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbd47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 189, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.138 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd080',
    500: '#ddbd47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbd47;
$custom-light: #ebd080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbd47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.2,
    "s": 68.807,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80493,
    "c": 0.13842,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBD47

secondary

#344894

accent

#62EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBD47

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

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