#DDC849#DDC849

#DDC849 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.145 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#DDC849
RGBrgb(221, 200, 73)
HSLhsl(51, 69%, 58%)
HSVhsv(51, 67%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9.5%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(80.27, -6.87, 63.59)
CIE-LCHlch(80.27, 63.96, 96.17°)
OKLaboklab(82.76% -0.0247 0.143)
OKLCHoklch(82.76% 0.145 99.8)
XYZxyz(51.6779, 57.1641, 14.6137)
Luminance0.5716 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#DDC849 #495EDD
analogous
#DD7E49 #DDC849 #A8DD49
triadic
#DDC849 #49DDC8 #C849DD
tetradic
#DDC849 #49DD7E #495EDD #DD49A8
square
#DDC849 #49DD7E #495EDD #DD49A8
split-complementary
#DDC849 #49A8DD #7E49DD
monochromatic
#91801B #C4AE25 #DDC849 #E7D87D #F0E7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69
#DDC849 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43
#DDC849 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC849
12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##DDC849#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##DDC8491.001.6912.4312.43
#FFFFFF1.691.0021.0021.00
#00000012.4321.001.001.00
##00000012.4321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DAC338
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E0CB50
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EEBAAE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ddc849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 200, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.145 99.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd882',
    500: '#ddc849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ddc849;
$custom-light: #ebd882;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ddc849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.486,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8276,
    "c": 0.14508,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#DDC849
secondary
#354296
accent
#55EB3C
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFBF2
border
#D6D4CC
text
#17140B
muted
#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC849

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

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#DDC849 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva