#DDC452#DDC452

#DDC452 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.135 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC452
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 82)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 62.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.31, -4.29, 58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.31, 58.95, 94.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82.02% -0.0162 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(82.02% 0.135 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.0839, 55.4636, 15.9958)
Luminance	0.5546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC452 #526BDD

analogous

#DD7F52 #DDC452 #B0DD52

triadic

#DDC452 #52DDC4 #C452DD

tetradic

#DDC452 #52DD7F #526BDD #DD52B0

square

#DDC452 #52DD7F #526BDD #DD52B0

split-complementary

#DDC452 #52B0DD #7F52DD

monochromatic

#97811E #CAAD28 #DDC452 #E7D585 #F1E7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DDC452 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#DDC452 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC452

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC452	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC452	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)

#D6C045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc452;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.135 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd587',
    500: '#ddc452',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc452;
$custom-light: #ebd587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc452",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.209,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82019,
    "c": 0.13518,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC452

secondary

#384A9B

accent

#5DEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC452

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

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