#DDC14C#DDC14C

#DDC14C 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 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC14C
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 76)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 65.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, -3.10, 60.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 60.56, 92.94°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.0135 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.138 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.1956, 54.0364, 14.6222)
Luminance	0.5403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC14C #4C68DD

analogous

#DD784C #DDC14C #B0DD4C

triadic

#DDC14C #4CDDC1 #C14CDD

tetradic

#DDC14C #4CDD78 #4C68DD #DD4CB0

square

#DDC14C #4CDD78 #4C68DD #DD4CB0

split-complementary

#DDC14C #4CB0DD #784CDD

monochromatic

#937C1C #C6A726 #DDC14C #E7D37F #F1E5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DDC14C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#DDC14C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC14C

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC14C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC14C	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc14c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.138 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd383',
    500: '#ddc14c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc14c;
$custom-light: #ebd383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc14c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.414,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8135,
    "c": 0.13755,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC14C

secondary

#364997

accent

#5EEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC14C

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

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