#DDCB48#DDCB48

#DDCB48 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.148 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB48
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 72)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 67.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.05, -8.46, 64.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.05, 65.33, 97.44°)
OKLab	oklab(83.37% -0.0293 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(83.37% 0.148 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.3467, 58.5542, 14.6744)
Luminance	0.5855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB48 #485ADD

analogous

#DD8148 #DDCB48 #A4DD48

triadic

#DDCB48 #48DDCB #CB48DD

tetradic

#DDCB48 #48DD81 #485ADD #DD48A4

square

#DDCB48 #48DD81 #485ADD #DD48A4

split-complementary

#DDCB48 #48A4DD #8148DD

monochromatic

#90821B #C3B024 #DDCB48 #E7DA7C #F0E8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DDCB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#DDCB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB48

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB48	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)

#DDC536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.148 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebda82',
    500: '#ddcb48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb48;
$custom-light: #ebda82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.752,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83372,
    "c": 0.14825,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB48

secondary

#344095

accent

#51EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB48

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

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