#DDC54C#DDC54C

#DDC54C 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 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC54C
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 76)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 65.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -5.16, 61.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 61.79, 94.79°)
OKLab	oklab(82.17% -0.0194 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(82.17% 0.141 98)
XYZ	xyz(51.0918, 55.8289, 14.9209)
Luminance	0.5583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC54C #4C64DD

analogous

#DD7C4C #DDC54C #ACDD4C

triadic

#DDC54C #4CDDC5 #C54CDD

tetradic

#DDC54C #4CDD7C #4C64DD #DD4CAC

square

#DDC54C #4CDD7C #4C64DD #DD4CAC

split-complementary

#DDC54C #4CACDD #7C4CDD

monochromatic

#937F1C #C6AC26 #DDC54C #E7D67F #F1E6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DDC54C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#DDC54C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC54C

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC54C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC54C	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C03D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc54c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.141 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd684',
    500: '#ddc54c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc54c;
$custom-light: #ebd684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc54c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.069,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82168,
    "c": 0.14054,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.55826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC54C

secondary

#364697

accent

#5AEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC54C

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

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