#DDC34A#DDC34A

#DDC34A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.140 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC34A
RGB	rgb(221, 195, 74)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 66.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -4.25, 61.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 61.99, 93.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.0171 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.14 97)
XYZ	xyz(50.5723, 54.8993, 14.4101)
Luminance	0.5490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC34A #4A64DD

analogous

#DD7A4A #DDC34A #ADDD4A

triadic

#DDC34A #4ADDC3 #C34ADD

tetradic

#DDC34A #4ADD7A #4A64DD #DD4AAD

square

#DDC34A #4ADD7A #4A64DD #DD4AAD

split-complementary

#DDC34A #4AADDD #7A4ADD

monochromatic

#917C1B #C5A925 #DDC34A #E7D47E #F0E5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DDC34A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#DDC34A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC34A

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC34A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC34A	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)

#D6BF3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc34a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 195, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.140 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd482',
    500: '#ddc34a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc34a;
$custom-light: #ebd482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc34a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.388,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81741,
    "c": 0.14049,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.54897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC34A

secondary

#354696

accent

#5BEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC34A

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

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