#DDC44E#DDC44E

#DDC44E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.138 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC44E
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 64.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.27, -4.53, 60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.27, 60.64, 94.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% -0.0174 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.138 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.9361, 55.4045, 15.2174)
Luminance	0.5540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC44E #4E67DD

analogous

#DD7C4E #DDC44E #AFDD4E

triadic

#DDC44E #4EDDC4 #C44EDD

tetradic

#DDC44E #4EDD7C #4E67DD #DD4EAF

square

#DDC44E #4EDD7C #4E67DD #DD4EAF

split-complementary

#DDC44E #4EAFDD #7C4EDD

monochromatic

#947F1C #C7AB26 #DDC44E #E7D581 #F1E6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DDC44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#DDC44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC44E

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC44E	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)

#D6C040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.138 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd585',
    500: '#ddc44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc44e;
$custom-light: #ebd585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.51,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81981,
    "c": 0.13827,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC44E

secondary

#364899

accent

#5BEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC44E

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

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