#DDC84D#DDC84D

#DDC84D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.142 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC84D
RGB	rgb(221, 200, 77)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 65.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.30, -6.64, 61.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.30, 62.34, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(82.79% -0.0236 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(82.79% 0.142 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.8149, 57.2189, 15.3348)
Luminance	0.5722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC84D #4D62DD

analogous

#DD804D #DDC84D #AADD4D

triadic

#DDC84D #4DDDC8 #C84DDD

tetradic

#DDC84D #4DDD80 #4D62DD #DD4DAA

square

#DDC84D #4DDD80 #4D62DD #DD4DAA

split-complementary

#DDC84D #4DAADD #804DDD

monochromatic

#93821C #C7AF26 #DDC84D #E7D880 #F1E8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DDC84D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#DDC84D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC84D

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC84D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC84D	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)

#DAC33E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc84d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 200, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.142 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd885',
    500: '#ddc84d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc84d;
$custom-light: #ebd885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc84d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.25,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82794,
    "c": 0.14218,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC84D

secondary

#364498

accent

#56EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC84D

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

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