#DDC84F#DDC84F

#DDC84F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.141 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC84F
RGB	rgb(221, 200, 79)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 64.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.32, -6.53, 61.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.32, 61.51, 96.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.81% -0.023 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(82.81% 0.141 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.8866, 57.2475, 15.7124)
Luminance	0.5725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC84F #4F64DD

analogous

#DD814F #DDC84F #ABDD4F

triadic

#DDC84F #4FDDC8 #C84FDD

tetradic

#DDC84F #4FDD81 #4F64DD #DD4FAB

square

#DDC84F #4FDD81 #4F64DD #DD4FAB

split-complementary

#DDC84F #4FABDD #814FDD

monochromatic

#95831D #C8B027 #DDC84F #E7D882 #F1E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DDC84F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#DDC84F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC84F

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC84F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC84F	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc84f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 200, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.141 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd886',
    500: '#ddc84f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc84f;
$custom-light: #ebd886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc84f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.127,
    "s": 67.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82812,
    "c": 0.14067,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC84F

secondary

#374599

accent

#57EA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC84F

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

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