#DDC247#DDC247

#DDC247 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.142 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC247
RGB	rgb(221, 194, 71)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 67.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.70, -3.90, 62.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.70, 62.90, 93.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% -0.0164 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.142 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.2503, 54.4132, 13.8160)
Luminance	0.5441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC247 #4762DD

analogous

#DD7747 #DDC247 #ADDD47

triadic

#DDC247 #47DDC2 #C247DD

tetradic

#DDC247 #47DD77 #4762DD #DD47AD

square

#DDC247 #47DD77 #4762DD #DD47AD

split-complementary

#DDC247 #47ADDD #7747DD

monochromatic

#8F7A1A #C3A624 #DDC247 #E7D37B #F0E4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DDC247 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#DDC247 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC247

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC247	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC247	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc247;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 194, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.142 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd481',
    500: '#ddc247',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc247;
$custom-light: #ebd481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc247",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.2,
    "s": 68.807,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81511,
    "c": 0.14188,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC247

secondary

#344594

accent

#5CEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC247

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

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