#DDBD52#DDBD52

#DDBD52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.130 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBD52
RGB	rgb(221, 189, 82)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 62.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.51, -0.66, 56.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.51, 56.84, 90.66°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% -0.0058 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.13 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.5417, 52.3792, 15.4817)
Luminance	0.5238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBD52 #5272DD

analogous

#DD7852 #DDBD52 #B8DD52

triadic

#DDBD52 #52DDBD #BD52DD

tetradic

#DDBD52 #52DD78 #5272DD #DD52B8

square

#DDBD52 #52DD78 #5272DD #DD52B8

split-complementary

#DDBD52 #52B8DD #7852DD

monochromatic

#977B1E #CAA528 #DDBD52 #E7D185 #F1E4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#DDBD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#DDBD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBD52

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBD52	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbd52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 189, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.130 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd087',
    500: '#ddbd52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbd52;
$custom-light: #ebd087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbd52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.187,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80595,
    "c": 0.13015,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBD52

secondary

#384F9B

accent

#65EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBD52

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

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