#DDC647#DDC647

#DDC647 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.145 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC647
RGB	rgb(221, 198, 71)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 67.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.74, -5.96, 63.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.74, 64.12, 95.33°)
OKLab	oklab(82.33% -0.0223 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(82.33% 0.145 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.1525, 56.2177, 14.1167)
Luminance	0.5622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC647 #475EDD

analogous

#DD7B47 #DDC647 #A9DD47

triadic

#DDC647 #47DDC6 #C647DD

tetradic

#DDC647 #47DD7B #475EDD #DD47A9

square

#DDC647 #47DD7B #475EDD #DD47A9

split-complementary

#DDC647 #47A9DD #7B47DD

monochromatic

#8F7D1A #C3AA24 #DDC647 #E7D67B #F0E6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DDC647 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#DDC647 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC647

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC647	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC647	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc647;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 198, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.145 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd681',
    500: '#ddc647',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc647;
$custom-light: #ebd681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc647",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.8,
    "s": 68.807,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82331,
    "c": 0.1449,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC647

secondary

#344394

accent

#57EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC647

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

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