#DDBF5B#DDBF5B

#DDBF5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.124 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBF5B
RGB	rgb(221, 191, 91)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 58.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.11, -1.09, 53.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.11, 53.42, 91.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.006 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.124 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.3401, 53.3916, 17.5495)
Luminance	0.5339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBF5B #5B79DD

analogous

#DD7E5B #DDBF5B #BADD5B

triadic

#DDBF5B #5BDDBF #BF5BDD

tetradic

#DDBF5B #5BDD7E #5B79DD #DD5BBA

square

#DDBF5B #5BDD7E #5B79DD #DD5BBA

split-complementary

#DDBF5B #5BBADD #7E5BDD

monochromatic

#9D8021 #D0AA2B #DDBF5B #E8D38E #F2E7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#DDBF5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#DDBF5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBF5B

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBF5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBF5B	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbf5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 191, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.124 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead28d',
    500: '#ddbf5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbf5b;
$custom-light: #ead28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbf5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81096,
    "c": 0.12402,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBF5B

secondary

#3B53A1

accent

#42CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBF5B

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

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