#DDC04E#DDC04E

#DDC04E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.135 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC04E
RGB	rgb(221, 192, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 64.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.24, -2.46, 59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.24, 59.43, 92.38°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% -0.0115 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.135 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.0459, 53.6240, 14.9207)
Luminance	0.5362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC04E #4E6BDD

analogous

#DD784E #DDC04E #B2DD4E

triadic

#DDC04E #4EDDC0 #C04EDD

tetradic

#DDC04E #4EDD78 #4E6BDD #DD4EB2

square

#DDC04E #4EDD78 #4E6BDD #DD4EB2

split-complementary

#DDC04E #4EB2DD #784EDD

monochromatic

#947C1C #C7A726 #DDC04E #E7D281 #F1E5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DDC04E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#DDC04E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC04E

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC04E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC04E	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)

#D3BC40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc04e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 192, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.135 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd285',
    500: '#ddc04e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc04e;
$custom-light: #ebd285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc04e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.832,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81165,
    "c": 0.13533,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC04E

secondary

#364A99

accent

#60EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC04E

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

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