#DDC54E#DDC54E

#DDC54E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.139 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC54E
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 64.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -5.05, 60.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 60.96, 94.75°)
OKLab	oklab(82.19% -0.0189 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(82.19% 0.139 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.1625, 55.8571, 15.2928)
Luminance	0.5585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC54E #4E66DD

analogous

#DD7D4E #DDC54E #ADDD4E

triadic

#DDC54E #4EDDC5 #C54EDD

tetradic

#DDC54E #4EDD7D #4E66DD #DD4EAD

square

#DDC54E #4EDD7D #4E66DD #DD4EAD

split-complementary

#DDC54E #4EADDD #7D4EDD

monochromatic

#94801C #C7AC26 #DDC54E #E7D681 #F1E7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DDC54E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#DDC54E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC54E

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC54E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC54E	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)

#D7C03F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc54e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.139 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd685',
    500: '#ddc54e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc54e;
$custom-light: #ebd685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc54e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.93,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82186,
    "c": 0.13905,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC54E

secondary

#364799

accent

#5AEB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC54E

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

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