#DDC450#DDC450

#DDC450 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.137 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC450
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 80)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.29, -4.41, 59.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.29, 59.80, 94.23°)
OKLab	oklab(82% -0.0168 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(82% 0.137 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.0089, 55.4336, 15.6008)
Luminance	0.5543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC450 #5069DD

analogous

#DD7E50 #DDC450 #B0DD50

triadic

#DDC450 #50DDC4 #C450DD

tetradic

#DDC450 #50DD7E #5069DD #DD50B0

square

#DDC450 #50DD7E #5069DD #DD50B0

split-complementary

#DDC450 #50B0DD #7E50DD

monochromatic

#96801D #C9AC27 #DDC450 #E7D583 #F1E7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DDC450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#DDC450 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC450

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC450	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.137 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd586',
    500: '#ddc450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc450;
$custom-light: #ebd586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.362,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82,
    "c": 0.13674,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC450

secondary

#37499A

accent

#5CEA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC450

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

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