#DDC349#DDC349

#DDC349 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.141 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC349
RGB	rgb(221, 195, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -4.30, 62.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 62.40, 93.96°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.0173 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.141 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.5389, 54.8859, 14.2340)
Luminance	0.5488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC349 #4963DD

analogous

#DD7949 #DDC349 #ADDD49

triadic

#DDC349 #49DDC3 #C349DD

tetradic

#DDC349 #49DD79 #4963DD #DD49AD

square

#DDC349 #49DD79 #4963DD #DD49AD

split-complementary

#DDC349 #49ADDD #7949DD

monochromatic

#917C1B #C4A825 #DDC349 #E7D47D #F0E5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DDC349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#DDC349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC349

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC349	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 195, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.141 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd482',
    500: '#ddc349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc349;
$custom-light: #ebd482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.459,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81732,
    "c": 0.14121,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC349

secondary

#354696

accent

#5BEB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC349

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

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