#DDBD5D#DDBD5D

#DDBD5D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.121 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBD5D
RGB	rgb(221, 189, 93)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 57.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.61, 0.10, 51.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.61, 51.91, 89.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% -0.0023 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.121 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.9944, 52.5602, 17.8656)
Luminance	0.5256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBD5D #5D7DDD

analogous

#DD7D5D #DDBD5D #BDDD5D

triadic

#DDBD5D #5DDDBD #BD5DDD

tetradic

#DDBD5D #5DDD7D #5D7DDD #DD5DBD

square

#DDBD5D #5DDD7D #5D7DDD #DD5DBD

split-complementary

#DDBD5D #5DBDDD #7D5DDD

monochromatic

#9E7F21 #D1A82C #DDBD5D #E8D290 #F2E6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#DDBD5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#DDBD5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBD5D

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBD5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBD5D	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbd5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 189, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.121 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead08e',
    500: '#ddbd5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbd5d;
$custom-light: #ead08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbd5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80715,
    "c": 0.12092,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBD5D

secondary

#3C56A2

accent

#46CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBD5D

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

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