#DDC458#DDC458

#DDC458 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.130 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC458
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 88)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 60.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, -3.89, 56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 56.33, 93.96°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.0144 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.13 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.3223, 55.5590, 17.2512)
Luminance	0.5556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC458 #5871DD

analogous

#DD8158 #DDC458 #B3DD58

triadic

#DDC458 #58DDC4 #C458DD

tetradic

#DDC458 #58DD81 #5871DD #DD58B3

square

#DDC458 #58DD81 #5871DD #DD58B3

split-complementary

#DDC458 #58B3DD #8158DD

monochromatic

#9B8420 #CEAF2A #DDC458 #E7D68B #F2E8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DDC458 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#DDC458 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC458

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC458	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC458	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc458;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.130 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd58b',
    500: '#ddc458',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc458;
$custom-light: #ebd58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc458",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.722,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8208,
    "c": 0.13028,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC458

secondary

#3A4D9F

accent

#3ACE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC458

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

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