#DDC24F#DDC24F

#DDC24F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.136 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC24F
RGB	rgb(221, 194, 79)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 64.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.77, -3.44, 59.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.77, 59.60, 93.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% -0.0142 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.136 96)
XYZ	xyz(50.5242, 54.5227, 15.2583)
Luminance	0.5452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC24F #4F6ADD

analogous

#DD7B4F #DDC24F #B1DD4F

triadic

#DDC24F #4FDDC2 #C24FDD

tetradic

#DDC24F #4FDD7B #4F6ADD #DD4FB1

square

#DDC24F #4FDD7B #4F6ADD #DD4FB1

split-complementary

#DDC24F #4FB1DD #7B4FDD

monochromatic

#957E1D #C8A927 #DDC24F #E7D482 #F1E6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DDC24F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#DDC24F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC24F

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC24F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC24F	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)

#D5BE41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc24f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 194, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.136 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd485',
    500: '#ddc24f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc24f;
$custom-light: #ebd485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc24f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.592,
    "s": 67.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81582,
    "c": 0.13601,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.5452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC24F

secondary

#374A99

accent

#5EEA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC24F

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

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