#DDBF56#DDBF56

#DDBF56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.128 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBF56
RGB	rgb(221, 191, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.06, -1.44, 55.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.06, 55.66, 91.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.0076 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.128 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.1316, 53.3082, 16.4512)
Luminance	0.5331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBF56 #5674DD

analogous

#DD7C56 #DDBF56 #B7DD56

triadic

#DDBF56 #56DDBF #BF56DD

tetradic

#DDBF56 #56DD7C #5674DD #DD56B7

square

#DDBF56 #56DD7C #5674DD #DD56B7

split-complementary

#DDBF56 #56B7DD #7C56DD

monochromatic

#9A7E1F #CDA829 #DDBF56 #E7D289 #F2E6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DDBF56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#DDBF56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBF56

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBF56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBF56	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)

#D1BC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbf56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 191, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.128 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd289',
    500: '#ddbf56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbf56;
$custom-light: #ebd289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbf56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81041,
    "c": 0.12826,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBF56

secondary

#3A509E

accent

#40CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBF56

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

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