#DDC048#DDC048

#DDC048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.140 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC048
RGB	rgb(221, 192, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 67.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.19, -2.81, 61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.19, 61.91, 92.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.11% -0.0132 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(81.11% 0.14 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.8405, 53.5419, 13.8390)
Luminance	0.5354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC048 #4865DD

analogous

#DD7548 #DDC048 #B0DD48

triadic

#DDC048 #48DDC0 #C048DD

tetradic

#DDC048 #48DD75 #4865DD #DD48B0

square

#DDC048 #48DD75 #4865DD #DD48B0

split-complementary

#DDC048 #48B0DD #7548DD

monochromatic

#90791B #C3A524 #DDC048 #E7D27C #F0E4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DDC048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#DDC048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC048

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC048	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)

#D3BC38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 192, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.140 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd281',
    500: '#ddc048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc048;
$custom-light: #ebd281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.322,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81111,
    "c": 0.13975,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC048

secondary

#344795

accent

#5EEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC048

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

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