#DDC252#DDC252

#DDC252 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.134 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC252
RGB	rgb(221, 194, 82)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 62.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.79, -3.25, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.79, 58.32, 93.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% -0.0133 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.134 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.6358, 54.5674, 15.8464)
Luminance	0.5456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC252 #526DDD

analogous

#DD7C52 #DDC252 #B3DD52

triadic

#DDC252 #52DDC2 #C252DD

tetradic

#DDC252 #52DD7C #526DDD #DD52B3

square

#DDC252 #52DD7C #526DDD #DD52B3

split-complementary

#DDC252 #52B3DD #7C52DD

monochromatic

#977F1E #CAAB28 #DDC252 #E7D485 #F1E6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DDC252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#DDC252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC252

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC252	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)

#D4BE45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 194, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.134 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd487',
    500: '#ddc252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc252;
$custom-light: #ebd487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.345,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81611,
    "c": 0.13367,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC252

secondary

#384B9B

accent

#5FEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC252

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

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