#DDC150#DDC150

#DDC150 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.135 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC150
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.52, -2.86, 58.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.52, 58.88, 92.79°)
OKLab	oklab(81.39% -0.0124 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(81.39% 0.135 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.3390, 54.0938, 15.3775)
Luminance	0.5409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC150 #506CDD

analogous

#DD7B50 #DDC150 #B3DD50

triadic

#DDC150 #50DDC1 #C150DD

tetradic

#DDC150 #50DD7B #506CDD #DD50B3

square

#DDC150 #50DD7B #506CDD #DD50B3

split-complementary

#DDC150 #50B3DD #7B50DD

monochromatic

#967E1D #C9A927 #DDC150 #E7D383 #F1E5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DDC150 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#DDC150 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC150

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC150	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC150	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)

#D4BD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc150;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.135 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd386',
    500: '#ddc150',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc150;
$custom-light: #ebd386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc150",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.085,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81387,
    "c": 0.13451,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC150

secondary

#374B9A

accent

#60EA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC150

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

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