#DDC047#DDC047

#DDC047 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.140 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC047
RGB	rgb(221, 192, 71)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 67.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.19, -2.86, 62.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.19, 62.31, 92.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.0134 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.14 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.8082, 53.5290, 13.6686)
Luminance	0.5353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC047 #4764DD

analogous

#DD7547 #DDC047 #AFDD47

triadic

#DDC047 #47DDC0 #C047DD

tetradic

#DDC047 #47DD75 #4764DD #DD47AF

square

#DDC047 #47DD75 #4764DD #DD47AF

split-complementary

#DDC047 #47AFDD #7547DD

monochromatic

#8F791A #C3A424 #DDC047 #E7D27B #F0E3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DDC047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#DDC047 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC047

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC047	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 192, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.140 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd280',
    500: '#ddc047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc047;
$custom-light: #ebd280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.4,
    "s": 68.807,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81103,
    "c": 0.14046,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC047

secondary

#344794

accent

#5EEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC047

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

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