#DDC04B#DDC04B

#DDC04B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.138 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC04B
RGB	rgb(221, 192, 75)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 66.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, -2.64, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 60.68, 92.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% -0.0123 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.138 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.9408, 53.5820, 14.3671)
Luminance	0.5358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC04B #4B68DD

analogous

#DD774B #DDC04B #B1DD4B

triadic

#DDC04B #4BDDC0 #C04BDD

tetradic

#DDC04B #4BDD77 #4B68DD #DD4BB1

square

#DDC04B #4BDD77 #4B68DD #DD4BB1

split-complementary

#DDC04B #4BB1DD #774BDD

monochromatic

#927A1C #C5A625 #DDC04B #E7D27E #F0E4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DDC04B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#DDC04B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC04B

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC04B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC04B	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc04b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 192, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.138 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd283',
    500: '#ddc04b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc04b;
$custom-light: #ebd283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc04b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.082,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81138,
    "c": 0.13758,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC04B

secondary

#354997

accent

#5FEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC04B

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

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