#DDBE47#DDBE47

#DDBE47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.139 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBE47
RGB	rgb(221, 190, 71)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 67.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.67, -1.83, 61.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.67, 61.74, 91.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% -0.0105 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.139 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.3720, 52.6566, 13.5232)
Luminance	0.5265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBE47 #4766DD

analogous

#DD7347 #DDBE47 #B1DD47

triadic

#DDBE47 #47DDBE #BE47DD

tetradic

#DDBE47 #47DD73 #4766DD #DD47B1

square

#DDBE47 #47DD73 #4766DD #DD47B1

split-complementary

#DDBE47 #47B1DD #7347DD

monochromatic

#8F771A #C3A224 #DDBE47 #E7D07B #F0E2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#DDBE47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#DDBE47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBE47

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBE47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBE47	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbe47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 190, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.139 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd180',
    500: '#ddbe47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbe47;
$custom-light: #ebd180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbe47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.6,
    "s": 68.807,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80696,
    "c": 0.13909,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBE47

secondary

#344894

accent

#60EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBE47

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

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