#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
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 75)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 66.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.25, -4.71, 61.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.25, 61.89, 94.36°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% -0.0183 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.141 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.8310, 55.3625, 14.6638)
Luminance	0.5536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##DDC44B	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)

#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

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

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