#DDBD5B#DDBD5B

#DDBD5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.123 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBD5B
RGB	rgb(221, 189, 91)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 58.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, -0.05, 52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 52.83, 90.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% -0.0029 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.123 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.9069, 52.5253, 17.4052)
Luminance	0.5252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBD5B #5B7BDD

analogous

#DD7C5B #DDBD5B #BCDD5B

triadic

#DDBD5B #5BDDBD #BD5BDD

tetradic

#DDBD5B #5BDD7C #5B7BDD #DD5BBC

square

#DDBD5B #5BDD7C #5B7BDD #DD5BBC

split-complementary

#DDBD5B #5BBCDD #7C5BDD

monochromatic

#9D7E21 #D0A72B #DDBD5B #E8D18E #F2E6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#DDBD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#DDBD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBD5B

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBD5B	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 189, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.123 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead08c',
    500: '#ddbd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbd5b;
$custom-light: #ead08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.231,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80692,
    "c": 0.12267,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBD5B

secondary

#3B54A1

accent

#45CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBD5B

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

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