#DDC449#DDC449

#DDC449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.142 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC449
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.23, -4.82, 62.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.23, 62.70, 94.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.0188 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.142 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.7637, 55.3355, 14.3090)
Luminance	0.5533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC449 #4962DD

analogous

#DD7A49 #DDC449 #ACDD49

triadic

#DDC449 #49DDC4 #C449DD

tetradic

#DDC449 #49DD7A #4962DD #DD49AC

square

#DDC449 #49DD7A #4962DD #DD49AC

split-complementary

#DDC449 #49ACDD #7A49DD

monochromatic

#917D1B #C4A925 #DDC449 #E7D57D #F0E5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DDC449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#DDC449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC449

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC449	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.142 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd582',
    500: '#ddc449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc449;
$custom-light: #ebd582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.865,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81937,
    "c": 0.14195,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC449

secondary

#354596

accent

#5AEB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC449

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

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