#DDC24D#DDC24D

#DDC24D 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	#DDC24D
RGB	rgb(221, 194, 77)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 65.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.75, -3.56, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.75, 60.45, 93.38°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% -0.0147 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.138 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.4525, 54.4941, 14.8807)
Luminance	0.5449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC24D #4D68DD

analogous

#DD7A4D #DDC24D #B0DD4D

triadic

#DDC24D #4DDDC2 #C24DDD

tetradic

#DDC24D #4DDD7A #4D68DD #DD4DB0

square

#DDC24D #4DDD7A #4D68DD #DD4DB0

split-complementary

#DDC24D #4DB0DD #7A4DDD

monochromatic

#937D1C #C7A926 #DDC24D #E7D480 #F1E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DDC24D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#DDC24D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC24D

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC24D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC24D	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	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)

#D5BE3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc24d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 194, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.138 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd484',
    500: '#ddc24d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc24d;
$custom-light: #ebd484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc24d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81563,
    "c": 0.13753,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC24D

secondary

#364898

accent

#5EEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC24D

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

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