#DDC44A#DDC44A

#DDC44A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.141 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC44A
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 74)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 66.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.24, -4.76, 62.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.24, 62.29, 94.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% -0.0185 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.141 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.7971, 55.3489, 14.4850)
Luminance	0.5535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC44A #4A63DD

analogous

#DD7A4A #DDC44A #ACDD4A

triadic

#DDC44A #4ADDC4 #C44ADD

tetradic

#DDC44A #4ADD7A #4A63DD #DD4AAC

square

#DDC44A #4ADD7A #4A63DD #DD4AAC

split-complementary

#DDC44A #4AACDD #7A4ADD

monochromatic

#917D1B #C5AA25 #DDC44A #E7D57E #F0E6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DDC44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#DDC44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC44A

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC44A	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)

#D7BF3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.141 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd582',
    500: '#ddc44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc44a;
$custom-light: #ebd582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.796,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81946,
    "c": 0.14124,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC44A

secondary

#354696

accent

#5AEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC44A

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

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