#DDBE4E#DDBE4E

#DDBE4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.134 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBE4E
RGB	rgb(221, 190, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 64.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.73, -1.43, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.73, 58.84, 91.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.0085 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.134 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.6098, 52.7517, 14.7753)
Luminance	0.5275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBE4E #4E6DDD

analogous

#DD764E #DDBE4E #B4DD4E

triadic

#DDBE4E #4EDDBE #BE4EDD

tetradic

#DDBE4E #4EDD76 #4E6DDD #DD4EB4

square

#DDBE4E #4EDD76 #4E6DDD #DD4EB4

split-complementary

#DDBE4E #4EB4DD #764EDD

monochromatic

#947A1C #C7A526 #DDBE4E #E7D181 #F1E4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#DDBE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#DDBE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBE4E

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBE4E	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbe4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 190, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.134 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd184',
    500: '#ddbe4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbe4e;
$custom-light: #ebd184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbe4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.993,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80759,
    "c": 0.13395,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBE4E

secondary

#364C99

accent

#63EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBE4E

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

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