#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
RGBrgb(221, 195, 78)
HSLhsl(49, 68%, 59%)
HSVhsv(49, 65%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 11.8%, 64.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(79.02, -4.02, 60.20)
CIE-LCHlch(79.02, 60.33, 93.82°)
OKLaboklab(81.78% -0.0159 0.1366)
OKLCHoklch(81.78% 0.138 96.7)
XYZxyz(50.7113, 54.9549, 15.1425)
Luminance0.5495 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##DDC34E1.001.7511.9911.99
#FFFFFF1.751.0021.0021.00
#00000011.9921.001.001.00
##00000011.9921.001.001.00

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

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#DDC34E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva