#DDBF51#DDBF51

#DDBF51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.132 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBF51
RGB	rgb(221, 191, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.01, -1.76, 57.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.01, 57.85, 91.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.0091 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.132 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.9371, 53.2304, 15.4272)
Luminance	0.5323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBF51 #516FDD

analogous

#DD7951 #DDBF51 #B5DD51

triadic

#DDBF51 #51DDBF #BF51DD

tetradic

#DDBF51 #51DD79 #516FDD #DD51B5

square

#DDBF51 #51DD79 #516FDD #DD51B5

split-complementary

#DDBF51 #51B5DD #7951DD

monochromatic

#967C1D #C9A727 #DDBF51 #E7D284 #F1E5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DDBF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#DDBF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBF51

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBF51	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 191, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.132 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd286',
    500: '#ddbf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbf51;
$custom-light: #ebd286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8099,
    "c": 0.1323,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBF51

secondary

#384D9B

accent

#63EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBF51

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

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