#DDCB47#DDCB47

#DDCB47 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.149 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB47
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 71)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 67.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.04, -8.51, 65.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.04, 65.72, 97.44°)
OKLab	oklab(83.36% -0.0295 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(83.36% 0.149 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.3143, 58.5412, 14.5040)
Luminance	0.5854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB47 #4759DD

analogous

#DD8047 #DDCB47 #A4DD47

triadic

#DDCB47 #47DDCB #CB47DD

tetradic

#DDCB47 #47DD80 #4759DD #DD47A4

square

#DDCB47 #47DD80 #4759DD #DD47A4

split-complementary

#DDCB47 #47A4DD #8047DD

monochromatic

#8F811A #C3B024 #DDCB47 #E7DA7B #F0E8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DDCB47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#DDCB47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB47

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB47	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.149 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebda81',
    500: '#ddcb47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb47;
$custom-light: #ebda81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 68.807,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83364,
    "c": 0.14894,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB47

secondary

#343F94

accent

#51EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB47

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

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