#DDC250#DDC250

#DDC250 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.135 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC250
RGB	rgb(221, 194, 80)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.77, -3.38, 59.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.77, 59.18, 93.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.59% -0.0139 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(81.59% 0.135 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.5608, 54.5374, 15.4514)
Luminance	0.5454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC250 #506BDD

analogous

#DD7C50 #DDC250 #B1DD50

triadic

#DDC250 #50DDC2 #C250DD

tetradic

#DDC250 #50DD7C #506BDD #DD50B1

square

#DDC250 #50DD7C #506BDD #DD50B1

split-complementary

#DDC250 #50B1DD #7C50DD

monochromatic

#967E1D #C9AA27 #DDC250 #E7D483 #F1E6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DDC250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#DDC250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC250

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC250	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 194, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.135 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd486',
    500: '#ddc250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc250;
$custom-light: #ebd486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81591,
    "c": 0.13523,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC250

secondary

#374A9A

accent

#5FEA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC250

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

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