#DDC14A#DDC14A

#DDC14A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.139 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC14A
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 74)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 66.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -3.22, 61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 61.39, 93.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.0141 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.139 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.1272, 54.0090, 14.2617)
Luminance	0.5401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC14A #4A66DD

analogous

#DD774A #DDC14A #B0DD4A

triadic

#DDC14A #4ADDC1 #C14ADD

tetradic

#DDC14A #4ADD77 #4A66DD #DD4AB0

square

#DDC14A #4ADD77 #4A66DD #DD4AB0

split-complementary

#DDC14A #4AB0DD #774ADD

monochromatic

#917B1B #C5A625 #DDC14A #E7D37E #F0E4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DDC14A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#DDC14A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC14A

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC14A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC14A	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc14a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.139 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd382',
    500: '#ddc14a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc14a;
$custom-light: #ebd382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc14a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81332,
    "c": 0.13902,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC14A

secondary

#354796

accent

#5EEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC14A

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

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