#DDC54B#DDC54B

#DDC54B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.141 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC54B
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 75)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 66.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, -5.22, 61.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 62.20, 94.82°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% -0.0197 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.141 98)
XYZ	xyz(51.0573, 55.8151, 14.7393)
Luminance	0.5581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC54B #4B63DD

analogous

#DD7C4B #DDC54B #ACDD4B

triadic

#DDC54B #4BDDC5 #C54BDD

tetradic

#DDC54B #4BDD7C #4B63DD #DD4BAC

square

#DDC54B #4BDD7C #4B63DD #DD4BAC

split-complementary

#DDC54B #4BACDD #7C4BDD

monochromatic

#927F1C #C5AB25 #DDC54B #E7D67E #F0E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DDC54B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#DDC54B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC54B

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC54B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC54B	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)

#D8C03B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc54b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.141 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd683',
    500: '#ddc54b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc54b;
$custom-light: #ebd683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc54b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.137,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8216,
    "c": 0.14127,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.55813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC54B

secondary

#354597

accent

#59EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC54B

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

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