#DDC04C#DDC04C

#DDC04C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.137 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC04C
RGB	rgb(221, 192, 76)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 65.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, -2.58, 60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 60.27, 92.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% -0.0121 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.137 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.9753, 53.5958, 14.5488)
Luminance	0.5359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC04C #4C69DD

analogous

#DD774C #DDC04C #B1DD4C

triadic

#DDC04C #4CDDC0 #C04CDD

tetradic

#DDC04C #4CDD77 #4C69DD #DD4CB1

square

#DDC04C #4CDD77 #4C69DD #DD4CB1

split-complementary

#DDC04C #4CB1DD #774CDD

monochromatic

#937B1C #C6A626 #DDC04C #E7D27F #F1E4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DDC04C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#DDC04C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC04C

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC04C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC04C	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)

#D3BC3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc04c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 192, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.137 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd283',
    500: '#ddc04c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc04c;
$custom-light: #ebd283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc04c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81147,
    "c": 0.13684,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC04C

secondary

#364997

accent

#60EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC04C

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

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