#DDC34B#DDC34B

#DDC34B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.140 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC34B
RGB	rgb(221, 195, 75)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 66.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.99, -4.19, 61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.99, 61.58, 93.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.0168 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.14 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.6062, 54.9129, 14.5889)
Luminance	0.5491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC34B #4B65DD

analogous

#DD7A4B #DDC34B #AEDD4B

triadic

#DDC34B #4BDDC3 #C34BDD

tetradic

#DDC34B #4BDD7A #4B65DD #DD4BAE

square

#DDC34B #4BDD7A #4B65DD #DD4BAE

split-complementary

#DDC34B #4BAEDD #7A4BDD

monochromatic

#927D1C #C5A925 #DDC34B #E7D47E #F0E5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DDC34B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#DDC34B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC34B

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC34B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC34B	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)

#D6BF3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc34b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 195, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.140 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd483',
    500: '#ddc34b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc34b;
$custom-light: #ebd483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc34b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.315,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8175,
    "c": 0.13976,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC34B

secondary

#354797

accent

#5CEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC34B

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

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