#DDC34E#DDC34E

#DDC34E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.138 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC34E
RGB	rgb(221, 195, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 64.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.02, -4.02, 60.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.02, 60.33, 93.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.78% -0.0159 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(81.78% 0.138 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.7113, 54.9549, 15.1425)
Luminance	0.5495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC34E #4E68DD

analogous

#DD7B4E #DDC34E #AFDD4E

triadic

#DDC34E #4EDDC3 #C34EDD

tetradic

#DDC34E #4EDD7B #4E68DD #DD4EAF

square

#DDC34E #4EDD7B #4E68DD #DD4EAF

split-complementary

#DDC34E #4EAFDD #7B4EDD

monochromatic

#947E1C #C7AA26 #DDC34E #E7D481 #F1E6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DDC34E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#DDC34E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC34E

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC34E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC34E	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc34e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 195, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.138 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd485',
    500: '#ddc34e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc34e;
$custom-light: #ebd485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc34e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81777,
    "c": 0.13752,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC34E

secondary

#364899

accent

#5DEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC34E

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

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