#DDC24B#DDC24B

#DDC24B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.139 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC24B
RGB	rgb(221, 194, 75)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 66.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.73, -3.68, 61.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.73, 61.28, 93.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.0153 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.139 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.3829, 54.4662, 14.5145)
Luminance	0.5446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC24B #4B66DD

analogous

#DD794B #DDC24B #AFDD4B

triadic

#DDC24B #4BDDC2 #C24BDD

tetradic

#DDC24B #4BDD79 #4B66DD #DD4BAF

square

#DDC24B #4BDD79 #4B66DD #DD4BAF

split-complementary

#DDC24B #4BAFDD #794BDD

monochromatic

#927C1C #C5A825 #DDC24B #E7D37E #F0E5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DDC24B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#DDC24B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC24B

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC24B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC24B	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)

#D5BE3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc24b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 194, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.139 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd483',
    500: '#ddc24b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc24b;
$custom-light: #ebd483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc24b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.904,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81545,
    "c": 0.13902,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC24B

secondary

#354797

accent

#5DEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC24B

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

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