#DDC14D#DDC14D

#DDC14D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.137 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC14D
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 77)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 65.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -3.04, 60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 60.14, 92.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.0133 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.137 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.2307, 54.0504, 14.8067)
Luminance	0.5405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC14D #4D69DD

analogous

#DD794D #DDC14D #B1DD4D

triadic

#DDC14D #4DDDC1 #C14DDD

tetradic

#DDC14D #4DDD79 #4D69DD #DD4DB1

square

#DDC14D #4DDD79 #4D69DD #DD4DB1

split-complementary

#DDC14D #4DB1DD #794DDD

monochromatic

#937C1C #C7A826 #DDC14D #E7D380 #F1E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DDC14D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#DDC14D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC14D

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC14D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC14D	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)

#D4BD3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc14d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.137 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd384',
    500: '#ddc14d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc14d;
$custom-light: #ebd384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc14d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.333,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81359,
    "c": 0.1368,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC14D

secondary

#364998

accent

#5FEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC14D

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

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