#DDC649#DDC649

#DDC649 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.143 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC649
RGB	rgb(221, 198, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.75, -5.85, 63.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.75, 63.32, 95.30°)
OKLab	oklab(82.35% -0.0217 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(82.35% 0.144 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.2178, 56.2438, 14.4603)
Luminance	0.5624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC649 #4960DD

analogous

#DD7C49 #DDC649 #AADD49

triadic

#DDC649 #49DDC6 #C649DD

tetradic

#DDC649 #49DD7C #4960DD #DD49AA

square

#DDC649 #49DD7C #4960DD #DD49AA

split-complementary

#DDC649 #49AADD #7C49DD

monochromatic

#917E1B #C4AB25 #DDC649 #E7D67D #F0E6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DDC649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#DDC649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC649

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC649	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)

#D9C138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 198, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.143 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd682',
    500: '#ddc649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc649;
$custom-light: #ebd682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.676,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82348,
    "c": 0.1435,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC649

secondary

#354496

accent

#58EB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC649

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

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