#DDC54D#DDC54D

#DDC54D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.140 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC54D
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 77)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 65.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -5.11, 61.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 61.37, 94.77°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% -0.0192 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.14 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.1269, 55.8429, 15.1055)
Luminance	0.5584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC54D #4D65DD

analogous

#DD7D4D #DDC54D #ADDD4D

triadic

#DDC54D #4DDDC5 #C54DDD

tetradic

#DDC54D #4DDD7D #4D65DD #DD4DAD

square

#DDC54D #4DDD7D #4D65DD #DD4DAD

split-complementary

#DDC54D #4DADDD #7D4DDD

monochromatic

#93801C #C7AC26 #DDC54D #E7D680 #F1E6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DDC54D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#DDC54D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC54D

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC54D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC54D	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)

#D7C03E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc54d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.140 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd684',
    500: '#ddc54d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc54d;
$custom-light: #ebd684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc54d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82177,
    "c": 0.1398,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC54D

secondary

#364698

accent

#5AEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC54D

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

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