#DDC249#DDC249

#DDC249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.140 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC249
RGB	rgb(221, 194, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.72, -3.79, 61.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.72, 62.09, 93.50°)
OKLab	oklab(81.53% -0.0159 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(81.53% 0.14 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.3156, 54.4393, 14.1596)
Luminance	0.5444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC249 #4964DD

analogous

#DD7849 #DDC249 #AEDD49

triadic

#DDC249 #49DDC2 #C249DD

tetradic

#DDC249 #49DD78 #4964DD #DD49AE

square

#DDC249 #49DD78 #4964DD #DD49AE

split-complementary

#DDC249 #49AEDD #7849DD

monochromatic

#917B1B #C4A725 #DDC249 #E7D37D #F0E5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DDC249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#DDC249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC249

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC249	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 194, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.140 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd482',
    500: '#ddc249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc249;
$custom-light: #ebd482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.054,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81528,
    "c": 0.14047,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC249

secondary

#354696

accent

#5CEB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC249

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

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