#DDC34C#DDC34C

#DDC34C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.139 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC34C
RGB	rgb(221, 195, 76)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 65.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.00, -4.13, 61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.00, 61.17, 93.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.76% -0.0165 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(81.76% 0.139 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.6407, 54.9267, 14.7706)
Luminance	0.5492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC34C #4C66DD

analogous

#DD7A4C #DDC34C #AFDD4C

triadic

#DDC34C #4CDDC3 #C34CDD

tetradic

#DDC34C #4CDD7A #4C66DD #DD4CAF

square

#DDC34C #4CDD7A #4C66DD #DD4CAF

split-complementary

#DDC34C #4CAFDD #7A4CDD

monochromatic

#937D1C #C6A926 #DDC34C #E7D47F #F1E5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DDC34C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#DDC34C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC34C

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC34C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC34C	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)

#D6BF3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc34c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 195, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.139 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd484',
    500: '#ddc34c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc34c;
$custom-light: #ebd484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc34c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.241,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81759,
    "c": 0.13902,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC34C

secondary

#364797

accent

#5CEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC34C

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

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