#DDC04F#DDC04F

#DDC04F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.135 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC04F
RGB	rgb(221, 192, 79)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 64.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.25, -2.40, 58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.25, 59.00, 92.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% -0.0112 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.135 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.0820, 53.6385, 15.1109)
Luminance	0.5364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC04F #4F6CDD

analogous

#DD794F #DDC04F #B3DD4F

triadic

#DDC04F #4FDDC0 #C04FDD

tetradic

#DDC04F #4FDD79 #4F6CDD #DD4FB3

square

#DDC04F #4FDD79 #4F6CDD #DD4FB3

split-complementary

#DDC04F #4FB3DD #794FDD

monochromatic

#957C1D #C8A727 #DDC04F #E7D282 #F1E5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DDC04F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#DDC04F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC04F

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC04F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC04F	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc04f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 192, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.135 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd285',
    500: '#ddc04f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc04f;
$custom-light: #ebd285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc04f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.746,
    "s": 67.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81174,
    "c": 0.13457,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC04F

secondary

#374B99

accent

#61EA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC04F

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

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