#DDC848#DDC848

#DDC848 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.146 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC848
RGB	rgb(221, 200, 72)
HSL	hsl(52, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 67.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, -6.93, 63.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 64.35, 96.18°)
OKLab	oklab(82.75% -0.0249 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(82.75% 0.146 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.6451, 57.1509, 14.4405)
Luminance	0.5715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC848 #485DDD

analogous

#DD7E48 #DDC848 #A7DD48

triadic

#DDC848 #48DDC8 #C848DD

tetradic

#DDC848 #48DD7E #485DDD #DD48A7

square

#DDC848 #48DD7E #485DDD #DD48A7

split-complementary

#DDC848 #48A7DD #7E48DD

monochromatic

#907F1B #C3AD24 #DDC848 #E7D87C #F0E7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DDC848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#DDC848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC848

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC848	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 200, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.146 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd882',
    500: '#ddc848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc848;
$custom-light: #ebd882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.544,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82752,
    "c": 0.14579,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC848

secondary

#344295

accent

#55EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC848

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

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