#DDBD48#DDBD48

#DDBD48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.138 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBD48
RGB	rgb(221, 189, 72)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 67.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, -1.25, 61.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 61.06, 91.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.5% -0.0087 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(80.5% 0.138 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.1885, 52.2379, 13.6217)
Luminance	0.5223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBD48 #4868DD

analogous

#DD7248 #DDBD48 #B3DD48

triadic

#DDBD48 #48DDBD #BD48DD

tetradic

#DDBD48 #48DD72 #4868DD #DD48B3

square

#DDBD48 #48DD72 #4868DD #DD48B3

split-complementary

#DDBD48 #48B3DD #7248DD

monochromatic

#90771B #C3A124 #DDBD48 #E7D07C #F0E2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#DDBD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#DDBD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBD48

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBD48	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbd48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 189, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.138 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd081',
    500: '#ddbd48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbd48;
$custom-light: #ebd081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbd48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.114,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80502,
    "c": 0.13771,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBD48

secondary

#344995

accent

#62EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBD48

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

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