#DDC14F#DDC14F

#DDC14F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.135 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC14F
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 79)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 64.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.51, -2.92, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.51, 59.30, 92.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% -0.0127 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.135 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.3024, 54.0791, 15.1844)
Luminance	0.5408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC14F #4F6BDD

analogous

#DD7A4F #DDC14F #B2DD4F

triadic

#DDC14F #4FDDC1 #C14FDD

tetradic

#DDC14F #4FDD7A #4F6BDD #DD4FB2

square

#DDC14F #4FDD7A #4F6BDD #DD4FB2

split-complementary

#DDC14F #4FB2DD #7A4FDD

monochromatic

#957D1D #C8A827 #DDC14F #E7D382 #F1E5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DDC14F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#DDC14F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC14F

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC14F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC14F	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc14f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.135 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd385',
    500: '#ddc14f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc14f;
$custom-light: #ebd385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc14f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.169,
    "s": 67.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81378,
    "c": 0.13528,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC14F

secondary

#374A99

accent

#5FEA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC14F

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

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