#DDBD51#DDBD51

#DDBD51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.131 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBD51
RGB	rgb(221, 189, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.50, -0.72, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.50, 57.27, 90.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.0061 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.131 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.5039, 52.3641, 15.2828)
Luminance	0.5236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBD51 #5171DD

analogous

#DD7751 #DDBD51 #B7DD51

triadic

#DDBD51 #51DDBD #BD51DD

tetradic

#DDBD51 #51DD77 #5171DD #DD51B7

square

#DDBD51 #51DD77 #5171DD #DD51B7

split-complementary

#DDBD51 #51B7DD #7751DD

monochromatic

#967B1D #C9A427 #DDBD51 #E7D084 #F1E4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#DDBD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#DDBD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBD51

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBD51	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)

#D0BA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 189, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.131 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd086',
    500: '#ddbd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbd51;
$custom-light: #ebd086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80585,
    "c": 0.13094,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBD51

secondary

#384E9B

accent

#65EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBD51

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

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