#DDC44F#DDC44F

#DDC44F 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#DDC44F
RGBrgb(221, 196, 79)
HSLhsl(49, 68%, 59%)
HSVhsv(49, 64%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 11.3%, 64.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(79.28, -4.47, 60.06)
CIE-LCHlch(79.28, 60.22, 94.26°)
OKLaboklab(81.99% -0.0171 0.1364)
OKLCHoklch(81.99% 0.138 97.2)
XYZxyz(50.9723, 55.4190, 15.4077)
Luminance0.5542 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#DDC44F #4F68DD
analogous
#DD7D4F #DDC44F #AFDD4F
triadic
#DDC44F #4FDDC4 #C44FDD
tetradic
#DDC44F #4FDD7D #4F68DD #DD4FAF
square
#DDC44F #4FDD7D #4F68DD #DD4FAF
split-complementary
#DDC44F #4FAFDD #7D4FDD
monochromatic
#95801D #C8AC27 #DDC44F #E7D582 #F1E6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74
#DDC44F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08
#DDC44F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC44F
12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##DDC44F#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##DDC44F1.001.7412.0812.08
#FFFFFF1.741.0021.0021.00
#00000012.0821.001.001.00
##00000012.0821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D6C041
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DDC855
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EEB6AB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ddc44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.138 97.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd585',
    500: '#ddc44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ddc44f;
$custom-light: #ebd585;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ddc44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.437,
    "s": 67.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8199,
    "c": 0.13751,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#DDC44F
secondary
#374899
accent
#5CEA3D
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFBF2
border
#D6D4CC
text
#17140B
muted
#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC44F

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#DDC44F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva