#DDC14B#DDC14B

#DDC14B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.138 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC14B
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 75)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 66.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -3.16, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 60.98, 92.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.0138 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.138 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.1611, 54.0226, 14.4405)
Luminance	0.5402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC14B #4B67DD

analogous

#DD784B #DDC14B #B0DD4B

triadic

#DDC14B #4BDDC1 #C14BDD

tetradic

#DDC14B #4BDD78 #4B67DD #DD4BB0

square

#DDC14B #4BDD78 #4B67DD #DD4BB0

split-complementary

#DDC14B #4BB0DD #784BDD

monochromatic

#927B1C #C5A725 #DDC14B #E7D37E #F0E4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DDC14B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#DDC14B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC14B

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC14B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC14B	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)

#D4BD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc14b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.138 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd383',
    500: '#ddc14b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc14b;
$custom-light: #ebd383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc14b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.493,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81341,
    "c": 0.13829,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC14B

secondary

#354897

accent

#5EEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC14B

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

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