#DDC374#DDC374

#DDC374 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.103 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC374
RGB	rgb(221, 195, 116)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 47.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, -1.09, 42.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 42.89, 91.46°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% -0.0032 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.103 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.4880, 55.6655, 24.4994)
Luminance	0.5566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC374 #748EDD

analogous

#DD8E74 #DDC374 #C2DD74

triadic

#DDC374 #74DDC3 #C374DD

tetradic

#DDC374 #74DD8E #748EDD #DD74C2

square

#DDC374 #74DD8E #748EDD #DD74C2

split-complementary

#DDC374 #74C2DD #8E74DD

monochromatic

#AC8C2A #D1AE43 #DDC374 #E9D8A5 #F5EDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DDC374 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#DDC374 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC374

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC374	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC374	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)

#D3C06E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc374;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 195, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.103 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d59d',
    500: '#ddc374',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc374;
$custom-light: #e9d59d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc374",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.143,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82231,
    "c": 0.1032,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC374

secondary

#4760AF

accent

#48C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC374

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

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