#DDC24C#DDC24C

#DDC24C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.138 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC24C
RGB	rgb(221, 194, 76)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 65.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -3.62, 60.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 60.86, 93.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.015 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.138 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.4174, 54.4800, 14.6961)
Luminance	0.5448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC24C #4C67DD

analogous

#DD7A4C #DDC24C #AFDD4C

triadic

#DDC24C #4CDDC2 #C24CDD

tetradic

#DDC24C #4CDD7A #4C67DD #DD4CAF

square

#DDC24C #4CDD7A #4C67DD #DD4CAF

split-complementary

#DDC24C #4CAFDD #7A4CDD

monochromatic

#937D1C #C6A826 #DDC24C #E7D47F #F1E5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DDC24C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#DDC24C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC24C

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC24C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC24C	1.00	1.77	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc24c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 194, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.138 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd483',
    500: '#ddc24c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc24c;
$custom-light: #ebd483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc24c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.828,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81554,
    "c": 0.13828,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC24C

secondary

#364897

accent

#5DEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC24C

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

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