#DDBD50#DDBD50

#DDBD50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.132 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBD50
RGB	rgb(221, 189, 80)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.49, -0.78, 57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.49, 57.70, 90.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.0064 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.132 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.4667, 52.3492, 15.0867)
Luminance	0.5235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBD50 #5070DD

analogous

#DD7750 #DDBD50 #B7DD50

triadic

#DDBD50 #50DDBD #BD50DD

tetradic

#DDBD50 #50DD77 #5070DD #DD50B7

square

#DDBD50 #50DD77 #5070DD #DD50B7

split-complementary

#DDBD50 #50B7DD #7750DD

monochromatic

#967A1D #C9A427 #DDBD50 #E7D083 #F1E4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#DDBD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#DDBD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBD50

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBD50	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbd50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 189, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.132 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd086',
    500: '#ddbd50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbd50;
$custom-light: #ebd086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbd50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.383,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80576,
    "c": 0.13174,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBD50

secondary

#374E9A

accent

#65EA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBD50

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

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