#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
RGB	rgb(221, 200, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, -6.87, 63.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 63.96, 96.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% -0.0247 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.145 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.6779, 57.1641, 14.6137)
Luminance	0.5716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##DDC849	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)

#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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