#DDBD55#DDBD55

#DDBD55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.128 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBD55
RGB	rgb(221, 189, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.53, -0.46, 55.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.53, 55.52, 90.48°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% -0.0049 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.128 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.6584, 52.4258, 16.0961)
Luminance	0.5242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBD55 #5575DD

analogous

#DD7955 #DDBD55 #B9DD55

triadic

#DDBD55 #55DDBD #BD55DD

tetradic

#DDBD55 #55DD79 #5575DD #DD55B9

square

#DDBD55 #55DD79 #5575DD #DD55B9

split-complementary

#DDBD55 #55B9DD #7955DD

monochromatic

#997C1F #CCA629 #DDBD55 #E7D188 #F1E5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#DDBD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#DDBD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBD55

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBD55	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)

#CFBA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 189, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.128 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd089',
    500: '#ddbd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbd55;
$custom-light: #ebd089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80626,
    "c": 0.12772,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBD55

secondary

#39519D

accent

#67EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBD55

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

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