#DDC347#DDC347

#DDC347 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.143 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC347
RGB	rgb(221, 195, 71)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 67.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.96, -4.41, 63.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.96, 63.20, 94.01°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.0179 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.143 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.4736, 54.8598, 13.8904)
Luminance	0.5486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC347 #4761DD

analogous

#DD7847 #DDC347 #ACDD47

triadic

#DDC347 #47DDC3 #C347DD

tetradic

#DDC347 #47DD78 #4761DD #DD47AC

square

#DDC347 #47DD78 #4761DD #DD47AC

split-complementary

#DDC347 #47ACDD #7847DD

monochromatic

#8F7B1A #C3A724 #DDC347 #E7D47B #F0E5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DDC347 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#DDC347 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC347

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC347	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC347	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc347;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 195, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.143 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd481',
    500: '#ddc347',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc347;
$custom-light: #ebd481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc347",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.6,
    "s": 68.807,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81716,
    "c": 0.14262,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC347

secondary

#344594

accent

#5BEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC347

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

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