#DDBD49#DDBD49

#DDBD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.137 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBD49
RGB	rgb(221, 189, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.43, -1.20, 60.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.43, 60.65, 91.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% -0.0084 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.137 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.2214, 52.2511, 13.7949)
Luminance	0.5225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBD49 #4969DD

analogous

#DD7349 #DDBD49 #B3DD49

triadic

#DDBD49 #49DDBD #BD49DD

tetradic

#DDBD49 #49DD73 #4969DD #DD49B3

square

#DDBD49 #49DD73 #4969DD #DD49B3

split-complementary

#DDBD49 #49B3DD #7349DD

monochromatic

#91771B #C4A225 #DDBD49 #E7D07D #F0E2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#DDBD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#DDBD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBD49

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBD49	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)

#D0BA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 189, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.137 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd081',
    500: '#ddbd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbd49;
$custom-light: #ebd081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.027,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80511,
    "c": 0.13699,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBD49

secondary

#354A96

accent

#62EB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBD49

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

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