#DDBF55#DDBF55

#DDBF55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.129 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBF55
RGB	rgb(221, 191, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.05, -1.50, 56.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.05, 56.10, 91.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% -0.0079 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.129 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.0916, 53.2922, 16.2405)
Luminance	0.5329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBF55 #5573DD

analogous

#DD7B55 #DDBF55 #B7DD55

triadic

#DDBF55 #55DDBF #BF55DD

tetradic

#DDBF55 #55DD7B #5573DD #DD55B7

square

#DDBF55 #55DD7B #5573DD #DD55B7

split-complementary

#DDBF55 #55B7DD #7B55DD

monochromatic

#997E1F #CCA829 #DDBF55 #E7D288 #F1E5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DDBF55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#DDBF55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBF55

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBF55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBF55	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbf55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 191, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.129 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd289',
    500: '#ddbf55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbf55;
$custom-light: #ebd289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbf55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.765,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81031,
    "c": 0.12909,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBF55

secondary

#394F9D

accent

#64EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBF55

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

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