#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
RGBrgb(221, 193, 74)
HSLhsl(49, 68%, 58%)
HSVhsv(49, 67%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 12.7%, 66.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(78.47, -3.22, 61.30)
CIE-LCHlch(78.47, 61.39, 93.00°)
OKLaboklab(81.33% -0.0141 0.1383)
OKLCHoklch(81.33% 0.139 95.8)
XYZxyz(50.1272, 54.0090, 14.2617)
Luminance0.5401 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##DDC14A1.001.7811.8011.80
#FFFFFF1.781.0021.0021.00
#00000011.8021.001.001.00
##00000011.8021.001.001.00

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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#DDC14A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva