#DDC549#DDC549

#DDC549 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 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC549
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.49, -5.33, 62.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.49, 63.01, 94.86°)
OKLab	oklab(82.14% -0.0203 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(82.14% 0.143 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.9900, 55.7881, 14.3844)
Luminance	0.5579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC549 #4961DD

analogous

#DD7B49 #DDC549 #ABDD49

triadic

#DDC549 #49DDC5 #C549DD

tetradic

#DDC549 #49DD7B #4961DD #DD49AB

square

#DDC549 #49DD7B #4961DD #DD49AB

split-complementary

#DDC549 #49ABDD #7B49DD

monochromatic

#917E1B #C4AA25 #DDC549 #E7D57D #F0E6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DDC549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#DDC549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC549

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC549	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.143 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd682',
    500: '#ddc549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc549;
$custom-light: #ebd682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82142,
    "c": 0.14272,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC549

secondary

#354496

accent

#59EB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC549

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →