#DDC548#DDC548

#DDC548 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.143 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC548
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 72)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 67.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.49, -5.39, 63.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.49, 63.41, 94.88°)
OKLab	oklab(82.13% -0.0205 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(82.13% 0.143 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.9571, 55.7750, 14.2112)
Luminance	0.5577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC548 #4860DD

analogous

#DD7B48 #DDC548 #AADD48

triadic

#DDC548 #48DDC5 #C548DD

tetradic

#DDC548 #48DD7B #4860DD #DD48AA

square

#DDC548 #48DD7B #4860DD #DD48AA

split-complementary

#DDC548 #48AADD #7B48DD

monochromatic

#907D1B #C3AA24 #DDC548 #E7D57C #F0E6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DDC548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#DDC548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC548

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC548	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.143 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd681',
    500: '#ddc548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc548;
$custom-light: #ebd681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.336,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82134,
    "c": 0.14343,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC548

secondary

#344495

accent

#59EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC548

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

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