#DDC34F#DDC34F

#DDC34F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.137 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC34F
RGB	rgb(221, 195, 79)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 64.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.02, -3.96, 59.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.02, 59.91, 93.79°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.0156 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.137 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.7475, 54.9693, 15.3327)
Luminance	0.5497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC34F #4F69DD

analogous

#DD7C4F #DDC34F #B0DD4F

triadic

#DDC34F #4FDDC3 #C34FDD

tetradic

#DDC34F #4FDD7C #4F69DD #DD4FB0

square

#DDC34F #4FDD7C #4F69DD #DD4FB0

split-complementary

#DDC34F #4FB0DD #7C4FDD

monochromatic

#957F1D #C8AB27 #DDC34F #E7D482 #F1E6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DDC34F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#DDC34F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC34F

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC34F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC34F	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)

#D5BF41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc34f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 195, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.137 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd485',
    500: '#ddc34f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc34f;
$custom-light: #ebd485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc34f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.014,
    "s": 67.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81786,
    "c": 0.13676,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC34F

secondary

#374999

accent

#5DEA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC34F

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

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