#DDC84C#DDC84C

#DDC84C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.143 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC84C
RGB	rgb(221, 200, 76)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 65.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.29, -6.70, 62.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.29, 62.75, 96.13°)
OKLab	oklab(82.79% -0.0238 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(82.79% 0.143 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.7798, 57.2048, 15.1503)
Luminance	0.5720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC84C #4C61DD

analogous

#DD7F4C #DDC84C #AADD4C

triadic

#DDC84C #4CDDC8 #C84CDD

tetradic

#DDC84C #4CDD7F #4C61DD #DD4CAA

square

#DDC84C #4CDD7F #4C61DD #DD4CAA

split-complementary

#DDC84C #4CAADD #7F4CDD

monochromatic

#93821C #C6AF26 #DDC84C #E7D87F #F1E8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DDC84C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#DDC84C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC84C

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC84C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC84C	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc84c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 200, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.143 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd884',
    500: '#ddc84c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc84c;
$custom-light: #ebd884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc84c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.31,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82785,
    "c": 0.14292,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC84C

secondary

#364497

accent

#56EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC84C

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

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