#DDC74C#DDC74C

#DDC74C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.142 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC74C
RGB	rgb(221, 199, 76)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 65.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.03, -6.19, 62.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.03, 62.42, 95.69°)
OKLab	oklab(82.58% -0.0224 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(82.58% 0.142 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.5490, 56.7432, 15.0733)
Luminance	0.5674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC74C #4C62DD

analogous

#DD7F4C #DDC74C #AADD4C

triadic

#DDC74C #4CDDC7 #C74CDD

tetradic

#DDC74C #4CDD7F #4C62DD #DD4CAA

square

#DDC74C #4CDD7F #4C62DD #DD4CAA

split-complementary

#DDC74C #4CAADD #7F4CDD

monochromatic

#93811C #C6AE26 #DDC74C #E7D77F #F1E7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DDC74C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#DDC74C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC74C

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC74C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC74C	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C23C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc74c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 199, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.142 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd784',
    500: '#ddc74c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc74c;
$custom-light: #ebd784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc74c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.897,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82579,
    "c": 0.14211,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC74C

secondary

#364597

accent

#57EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC74C

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

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