#DDC44C#DDC44C

#DDC44C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.140 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC44C
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 76)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 65.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, -4.65, 61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 61.48, 94.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.96% -0.018 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(81.96% 0.14 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.8655, 55.3763, 14.8455)
Luminance	0.5537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC44C #4C65DD

analogous

#DD7B4C #DDC44C #ADDD4C

triadic

#DDC44C #4CDDC4 #C44CDD

tetradic

#DDC44C #4CDD7B #4C65DD #DD4CAD

square

#DDC44C #4CDD7B #4C65DD #DD4CAD

split-complementary

#DDC44C #4CADDD #7B4CDD

monochromatic

#937E1C #C6AA26 #DDC44C #E7D57F #F1E6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DDC44C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#DDC44C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC44C

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC44C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC44C	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)

#D7BF3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc44c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.140 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd584',
    500: '#ddc44c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc44c;
$custom-light: #ebd584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc44c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81963,
    "c": 0.13977,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC44C

secondary

#364797

accent

#5BEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC44C

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

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