#DDC74A#DDC74A

#DDC74A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.144 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC74A
RGB	rgb(221, 199, 74)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 66.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.02, -6.30, 62.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.02, 63.24, 95.72°)
OKLab	oklab(82.56% -0.0229 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(82.56% 0.144 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.4805, 56.7158, 14.7128)
Luminance	0.5671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC74A #4A60DD

analogous

#DD7D4A #DDC74A #AADD4A

triadic

#DDC74A #4ADDC7 #C74ADD

tetradic

#DDC74A #4ADD7D #4A60DD #DD4AAA

square

#DDC74A #4ADD7D #4A60DD #DD4AAA

split-complementary

#DDC74A #4AAADD #7D4ADD

monochromatic

#91801B #C5AD25 #DDC74A #E7D77E #F0E7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DDC74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#DDC74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC74A

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC74A	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)

#D9C23A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 199, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.144 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd783',
    500: '#ddc74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc74a;
$custom-light: #ebd783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.02,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82562,
    "c": 0.14356,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC74A

secondary

#354496

accent

#57EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC74A

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

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