#DDBD56#DDBD56

#DDBD56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.127 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBD56
RGB	rgb(221, 189, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.54, -0.39, 55.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.54, 55.07, 90.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% -0.0046 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.127 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.6984, 52.4418, 16.3068)
Luminance	0.5244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBD56 #5676DD

analogous

#DD7A56 #DDBD56 #B9DD56

triadic

#DDBD56 #56DDBD #BD56DD

tetradic

#DDBD56 #56DD7A #5676DD #DD56B9

square

#DDBD56 #56DD7A #5676DD #DD56B9

split-complementary

#DDBD56 #56B9DD #7A56DD

monochromatic

#9A7D1F #CDA629 #DDBD56 #E7D189 #F2E5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#DDBD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#DDBD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBD56

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBD56	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 189, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.127 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd089',
    500: '#ddbd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbd56;
$custom-light: #ebd089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.778,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80637,
    "c": 0.1269,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBD56

secondary

#3A519E

accent

#43CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBD56

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

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