#DDC050#DDC050

#DDC050 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.134 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC050
RGB	rgb(221, 192, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.26, -2.34, 58.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.26, 58.58, 92.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% -0.0109 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.134 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.1187, 53.6532, 15.3041)
Luminance	0.5365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC050 #506DDD

analogous

#DD7A50 #DDC050 #B3DD50

triadic

#DDC050 #50DDC0 #C050DD

tetradic

#DDC050 #50DD7A #506DDD #DD50B3

square

#DDC050 #50DD7A #506DDD #DD50B3

split-complementary

#DDC050 #50B3DD #7A50DD

monochromatic

#967D1D #C9A827 #DDC050 #E7D283 #F1E5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DDC050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#DDC050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC050

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC050	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)

#D3BC43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 192, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.134 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd286',
    500: '#ddc050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc050;
$custom-light: #ebd286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.66,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81184,
    "c": 0.13379,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC050

secondary

#374C9A

accent

#61EA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC050

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

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