#DDC749#DDC749

#DDC749 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.144 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC749
RGB	rgb(221, 199, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.01, -6.36, 63.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.01, 63.64, 95.74°)
OKLab	oklab(82.55% -0.0232 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(82.55% 0.144 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.4471, 56.7024, 14.5368)
Luminance	0.5670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC749 #495FDD

analogous

#DD7D49 #DDC749 #A9DD49

triadic

#DDC749 #49DDC7 #C749DD

tetradic

#DDC749 #49DD7D #495FDD #DD49A9

square

#DDC749 #49DD7D #495FDD #DD49A9

split-complementary

#DDC749 #49A9DD #7D49DD

monochromatic

#917F1B #C4AC25 #DDC749 #E7D77D #F0E7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DDC749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#DDC749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC749

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC749	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 199, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.144 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd782',
    500: '#ddc749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc749;
$custom-light: #ebd782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.081,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82554,
    "c": 0.14428,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC749

secondary

#354396

accent

#56EB3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC749

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

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