#DDC158#DDC158

#DDC158 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.128 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC158
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 88)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 60.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -2.34, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 55.38, 92.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.0099 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.128 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.6524, 54.2191, 17.0279)
Luminance	0.5422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC158 #5874DD

analogous

#DD7E58 #DDC158 #B7DD58

triadic

#DDC158 #58DDC1 #C158DD

tetradic

#DDC158 #58DD7E #5874DD #DD58B7

square

#DDC158 #58DD7E #5874DD #DD58B7

split-complementary

#DDC158 #58B7DD #7E58DD

monochromatic

#9B8120 #CEAB2A #DDC158 #E7D48B #F2E7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DDC158 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#DDC158 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC158

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC158	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC158	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc158;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.128 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd38b',
    500: '#ddc158',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc158;
$custom-light: #ebd38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc158",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81468,
    "c": 0.12802,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC158

secondary

#3A4F9F

accent

#3ECE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC158

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

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