#DDC373#DDC373

#DDC373 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.104 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC373
RGB	rgb(221, 195, 115)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 48%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -1.19, 43.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 43.38, 91.57°)
OKLab	oklab(82.22% -0.0035 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(82.22% 0.104 92)
XYZ	xyz(52.4301, 55.6424, 24.1947)
Luminance	0.5564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC373 #738DDD

analogous

#DD8E73 #DDC373 #C2DD73

triadic

#DDC373 #73DDC3 #C373DD

tetradic

#DDC373 #73DD8E #738DDD #DD73C2

square

#DDC373 #73DD8E #738DDD #DD73C2

split-complementary

#DDC373 #73C2DD #8E73DD

monochromatic

#AC8C2A #D1AE42 #DDC373 #E9D8A4 #F5EDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DDC373 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#DDC373 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC373

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC373	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC373	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C06C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc373;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 195, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.104 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d59d',
    500: '#ddc373',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc373;
$custom-light: #e9d59d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc373",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.283,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82216,
    "c": 0.10422,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.5564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC373

secondary

#4660AE

accent

#47C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC373

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

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