#DDC948#DDC948

#DDC948 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.147 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC948
RGB	rgb(221, 201, 72)
HSL	hsl(52, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 67.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.52, -7.44, 64.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.52, 64.68, 96.60°)
OKLab	oklab(82.96% -0.0264 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(82.96% 0.147 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.8774, 57.6156, 14.5180)
Luminance	0.5761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC948 #485CDD

analogous

#DD7E48 #DDC948 #A7DD48

triadic

#DDC948 #48DDC9 #C948DD

tetradic

#DDC948 #48DD7E #485CDD #DD48A7

square

#DDC948 #48DD7E #485CDD #DD48A7

split-complementary

#DDC948 #48A7DD #7E48DD

monochromatic

#90801B #C3AE24 #DDC948 #E7D87C #F0E7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DDC948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#DDC948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC948

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC948	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 201, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.147 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd982',
    500: '#ddc948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc948;
$custom-light: #ebd982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.946,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82958,
    "c": 0.14659,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC948

secondary

#344195

accent

#54EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC948

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

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