#DDC14E#DDC14E

#DDC14E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.136 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC14E
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 64.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.50, -2.98, 59.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.50, 59.72, 92.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% -0.013 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.136 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.2662, 54.0647, 14.9941)
Luminance	0.5406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC14E #4E6ADD

analogous

#DD794E #DDC14E #B1DD4E

triadic

#DDC14E #4EDDC1 #C14EDD

tetradic

#DDC14E #4EDD79 #4E6ADD #DD4EB1

square

#DDC14E #4EDD79 #4E6ADD #DD4EB1

split-complementary

#DDC14E #4EB1DD #794EDD

monochromatic

#947D1C #C7A826 #DDC14E #E7D381 #F1E5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DDC14E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#DDC14E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC14E

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC14E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC14E	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)

#D4BD40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc14e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.136 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd385',
    500: '#ddc14e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc14e;
$custom-light: #ebd385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc14e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.252,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81369,
    "c": 0.13605,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC14E

secondary

#364A99

accent

#5FEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC14E

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

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