#DDC648#DDC648

#DDC648 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.144 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC648
RGB	rgb(221, 198, 72)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 67.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.74, -5.90, 63.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.74, 63.72, 95.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.34% -0.022 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(82.34% 0.144 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.1849, 56.2306, 14.2871)
Luminance	0.5623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC648 #485FDD

analogous

#DD7B48 #DDC648 #AADD48

triadic

#DDC648 #48DDC6 #C648DD

tetradic

#DDC648 #48DD7B #485FDD #DD48AA

square

#DDC648 #48DD7B #485FDD #DD48AA

split-complementary

#DDC648 #48AADD #7B48DD

monochromatic

#907E1B #C3AB24 #DDC648 #E7D67C #F0E6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DDC648 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#DDC648 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC648

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC648	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC648	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc648;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 198, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.144 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd681',
    500: '#ddc648',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc648;
$custom-light: #ebd681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc648",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.738,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8234,
    "c": 0.1442,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC648

secondary

#344395

accent

#57EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC648

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

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