#DDC448#DDC448

#DDC448 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.143 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC448
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 72)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 67.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.23, -4.88, 62.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.23, 63.10, 94.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.93% -0.0191 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(81.93% 0.143 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.7308, 55.3224, 14.1358)
Luminance	0.5532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC448 #4861DD

analogous

#DD7A48 #DDC448 #ABDD48

triadic

#DDC448 #48DDC4 #C448DD

tetradic

#DDC448 #48DD7A #4861DD #DD48AB

square

#DDC448 #48DD7A #4861DD #DD48AB

split-complementary

#DDC448 #48ABDD #7A48DD

monochromatic

#907C1B #C3A924 #DDC448 #E7D57C #F0E5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DDC448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#DDC448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC448

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC448	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.143 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd581',
    500: '#ddc448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc448;
$custom-light: #ebd581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.933,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81929,
    "c": 0.14266,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC448

secondary

#344495

accent

#5AEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC448

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

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