#DDBD4A#DDBD4A

#DDBD4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.136 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBD4A
RGB	rgb(221, 189, 74)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 66.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.44, -1.14, 60.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.44, 60.24, 91.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.0082 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.136 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.2549, 52.2644, 13.9709)
Luminance	0.5226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBD4A #4A6ADD

analogous

#DD744A #DDBD4A #B3DD4A

triadic

#DDBD4A #4ADDBD #BD4ADD

tetradic

#DDBD4A #4ADD74 #4A6ADD #DD4AB3

square

#DDBD4A #4ADD74 #4A6ADD #DD4AB3

split-complementary

#DDBD4A #4AB3DD #744ADD

monochromatic

#91781B #C5A225 #DDBD4A #E7D07E #F0E3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#DDBD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#DDBD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBD4A

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBD4A	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)

#D0BA3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 189, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.136 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd082',
    500: '#ddbd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbd4a;
$custom-light: #ebd082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.939,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80519,
    "c": 0.13626,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBD4A

secondary

#354A96

accent

#63EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBD4A

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

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