#DDC24E#DDC24E

#DDC24E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.137 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC24E
RGB	rgb(221, 194, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 64.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.76, -3.50, 59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.76, 60.03, 93.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.57% -0.0145 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(81.57% 0.137 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.4880, 54.5083, 15.0680)
Luminance	0.5451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC24E #4E69DD

analogous

#DD7A4E #DDC24E #B1DD4E

triadic

#DDC24E #4EDDC2 #C24EDD

tetradic

#DDC24E #4EDD7A #4E69DD #DD4EB1

square

#DDC24E #4EDD7A #4E69DD #DD4EB1

split-complementary

#DDC24E #4EB1DD #7A4EDD

monochromatic

#947E1C #C7A926 #DDC24E #E7D481 #F1E5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DDC24E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#DDC24E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC24E

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC24E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC24E	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)

#D5BE40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc24e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 194, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.137 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd485',
    500: '#ddc24e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc24e;
$custom-light: #ebd485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc24e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.671,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81572,
    "c": 0.13678,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC24E

secondary

#364999

accent

#5EEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC24E

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

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