#DDBD57#DDBD57

#DDBD57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.126 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBD57
RGB	rgb(221, 189, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, -0.33, 54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 54.63, 90.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.65% -0.0042 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(80.65% 0.126 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.7390, 52.4581, 16.5205)
Luminance	0.5245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBD57 #5777DD

analogous

#DD7A57 #DDBD57 #BADD57

triadic

#DDBD57 #57DDBD #BD57DD

tetradic

#DDBD57 #57DD7A #5777DD #DD57BA

square

#DDBD57 #57DD7A #5777DD #DD57BA

split-complementary

#DDBD57 #57BADD #7A57DD

monochromatic

#9A7D1F #CDA62A #DDBD57 #E7D18A #F2E5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#DDBD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#DDBD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBD57

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBD57	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)

#CFBA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEAFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 189, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.126 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd08a',
    500: '#ddbd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbd57;
$custom-light: #ebd08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.672,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80647,
    "c": 0.12607,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBD57

secondary

#3A529E

accent

#43CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBD57

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

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