#DDBF59#DDBF59

#DDBF59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.126 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBF59
RGB	rgb(221, 191, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.09, -1.23, 54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.09, 54.32, 91.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.0066 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.126 93)
XYZ	xyz(50.2550, 53.3576, 17.1012)
Luminance	0.5335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBF59 #5977DD

analogous

#DD7D59 #DDBF59 #B9DD59

triadic

#DDBF59 #59DDBF #BF59DD

tetradic

#DDBF59 #59DD7D #5977DD #DD59B9

square

#DDBF59 #59DD7D #5977DD #DD59B9

split-complementary

#DDBF59 #59B9DD #7D59DD

monochromatic

#9C8020 #CFA92A #DDBF59 #E7D38C #F2E6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DDBF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#DDBF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBF59

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBF59	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 191, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.126 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd28b',
    500: '#ddbf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbf59;
$custom-light: #ebd28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81074,
    "c": 0.12574,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.53355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBF59

secondary

#3B52A0

accent

#41CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBF59

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

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