#DDC348#DDC348

#DDC348 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.142 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC348
RGB	rgb(221, 195, 72)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 67.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -4.36, 62.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 62.80, 93.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.0176 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.142 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.5060, 54.8727, 14.0608)
Luminance	0.5487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC348 #4862DD

analogous

#DD7848 #DDC348 #ADDD48

triadic

#DDC348 #48DDC3 #C348DD

tetradic

#DDC348 #48DD78 #4862DD #DD48AD

square

#DDC348 #48DD78 #4862DD #DD48AD

split-complementary

#DDC348 #48ADDD #7848DD

monochromatic

#907B1B #C3A824 #DDC348 #E7D47C #F0E5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DDC348 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#DDC348 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC348

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC348	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC348	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)

#D6BF38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc348;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 195, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.142 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd481',
    500: '#ddc348',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc348;
$custom-light: #ebd481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc348",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.53,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81724,
    "c": 0.14192,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC348

secondary

#344595

accent

#5BEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC348

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

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