#DDC049#DDC049

#DDC049 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.139 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC049
RGB	rgb(221, 192, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.20, -2.75, 61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.20, 61.50, 92.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% -0.0129 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.139 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.8734, 53.5551, 14.0122)
Luminance	0.5355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC049 #4966DD

analogous

#DD7649 #DDC049 #B0DD49

triadic

#DDC049 #49DDC0 #C049DD

tetradic

#DDC049 #49DD76 #4966DD #DD49B0

square

#DDC049 #49DD76 #4966DD #DD49B0

split-complementary

#DDC049 #49B0DD #7649DD

monochromatic

#917A1B #C4A525 #DDC049 #E7D27D #F0E4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DDC049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#DDC049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC049

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC049	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)

#D3BC3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 192, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.139 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd282',
    500: '#ddc049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc049;
$custom-light: #ebd282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.243,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8112,
    "c": 0.13904,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC049

secondary

#354896

accent

#5FEB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC049

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

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