#DDBF57#DDBF57

#DDBF57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.127 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBF57
RGB	rgb(221, 191, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.07, -1.37, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.07, 55.22, 91.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.0073 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.127 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.1721, 53.3244, 16.6649)
Luminance	0.5332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBF57 #5775DD

analogous

#DD7C57 #DDBF57 #B8DD57

triadic

#DDBF57 #57DDBF #BF57DD

tetradic

#DDBF57 #57DD7C #5775DD #DD57B8

square

#DDBF57 #57DD7C #5775DD #DD57B8

split-complementary

#DDBF57 #57B8DD #7C57DD

monochromatic

#9A7F1F #CDA92A #DDBF57 #E7D28A #F2E6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DDBF57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#DDBF57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBF57

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBF57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBF57	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)

#D1BC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbf57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 191, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.127 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd28a',
    500: '#ddbf57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbf57;
$custom-light: #ebd28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbf57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.567,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81052,
    "c": 0.12744,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBF57

secondary

#3A509E

accent

#40CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBF57

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

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