#DDC54F#DDC54F

#DDC54F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.138 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC54F
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 79)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 64.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.54, -4.99, 60.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.54, 60.54, 94.72°)
OKLab	oklab(82.2% -0.0186 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(82.2% 0.138 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.1986, 55.8716, 15.4831)
Luminance	0.5587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC54F #4F67DD

analogous

#DD7E4F #DDC54F #AEDD4F

triadic

#DDC54F #4FDDC5 #C54FDD

tetradic

#DDC54F #4FDD7E #4F67DD #DD4FAE

square

#DDC54F #4FDD7E #4F67DD #DD4FAE

split-complementary

#DDC54F #4FAEDD #7E4FDD

monochromatic

#95811D #C8AD27 #DDC54F #E7D682 #F1E7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DDC54F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#DDC54F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC54F

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC54F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC54F	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)

#D7C041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc54f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.138 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd685',
    500: '#ddc54f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc54f;
$custom-light: #ebd685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc54f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.859,
    "s": 67.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82195,
    "c": 0.13829,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC54F

secondary

#374799

accent

#5BEA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC54F

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

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