#DDC44B#DDC44B

#DDC44B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.141 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#DDC44B
RGBrgb(221, 196, 75)
HSLhsl(50, 68%, 58%)
HSVhsv(50, 66%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 11.3%, 66.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(79.25, -4.71, 61.71)
CIE-LCHlch(79.25, 61.89, 94.36°)
OKLaboklab(81.95% -0.0183 0.1393)
OKLCHoklch(81.95% 0.141 97.5)
XYZxyz(50.8310, 55.3625, 14.6638)
Luminance0.5536 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#DDC44B #4B64DD
analogous
#DD7B4B #DDC44B #ADDD4B
triadic
#DDC44B #4BDDC4 #C44BDD
tetradic
#DDC44B #4BDD7B #4B64DD #DD4BAD
square
#DDC44B #4BDD7B #4B64DD #DD4BAD
split-complementary
#DDC44B #4BADDD #7B4BDD
monochromatic
#927E1C #C5AA25 #DDC44B #E7D57E #F0E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74
#DDC44B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07
#DDC44B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC44B
12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##DDC44B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##DDC44B1.001.7412.0712.07
#FFFFFF1.741.0021.0021.00
#00000012.0721.001.001.00
##00000012.0721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D7BF3C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DDC852
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EEB6AB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ddc44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.141 97.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd583',
    500: '#ddc44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ddc44b;
$custom-light: #ebd583;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ddc44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.726,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81954,
    "c": 0.14051,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#DDC44B
secondary
#354697
accent
#5BEB3D
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFBF2
border
#D6D4CC
text
#17140B
muted
#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC44B

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#DDC44B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva