#DDC54A#DDC54A

#DDC54A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.142 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC54A
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 74)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 66.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -5.28, 62.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 62.60, 94.84°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.02 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.142 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.0234, 55.8015, 14.5604)
Luminance	0.5580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC54A #4A62DD

analogous

#DD7B4A #DDC54A #ABDD4A

triadic

#DDC54A #4ADDC5 #C54ADD

tetradic

#DDC54A #4ADD7B #4A62DD #DD4AAB

square

#DDC54A #4ADD7B #4A62DD #DD4AAB

split-complementary

#DDC54A #4AABDD #7B4ADD

monochromatic

#917E1B #C5AB25 #DDC54A #E7D67E #F0E6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DDC54A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#DDC54A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC54A

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC54A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC54A	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)

#D8C03A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc54a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.142 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd683',
    500: '#ddc54a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc54a;
$custom-light: #ebd683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc54a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.204,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82151,
    "c": 0.14201,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC54A

secondary

#354596

accent

#59EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC54A

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

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