#DDC44D#DDC44D

#DDC44D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.139 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC44D
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 77)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 65.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.27, -4.59, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.27, 61.06, 94.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.97% -0.0177 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(81.97% 0.139 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.9006, 55.3903, 15.0300)
Luminance	0.5539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC44D #4D66DD

analogous

#DD7C4D #DDC44D #AEDD4D

triadic

#DDC44D #4DDDC4 #C44DDD

tetradic

#DDC44D #4DDD7C #4D66DD #DD4DAE

square

#DDC44D #4DDD7C #4D66DD #DD4DAE

split-complementary

#DDC44D #4DAEDD #7C4DDD

monochromatic

#937F1C #C7AB26 #DDC44D #E7D580 #F1E6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DDC44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#DDC44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC44D

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC44D	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C03E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.139 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd584',
    500: '#ddc44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc44d;
$custom-light: #ebd584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.583,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81972,
    "c": 0.13903,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC44D

secondary

#364798

accent

#5BEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC44D

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

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