#DDCA47#DDCA47

#DDCA47 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.148 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA47
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 71)
HSL	hsl(52, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 67.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.78, -8.00, 64.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.78, 65.39, 97.03°)
OKLab	oklab(83.16% -0.0281 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(83.16% 0.148 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.0789, 58.0704, 14.4255)
Luminance	0.5807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA47 #475ADD

analogous

#DD7F47 #DDCA47 #A5DD47

triadic

#DDCA47 #47DDCA #CA47DD

tetradic

#DDCA47 #47DD7F #475ADD #DD47A5

square

#DDCA47 #47DD7F #475ADD #DD47A5

split-complementary

#DDCA47 #47A5DD #7F47DD

monochromatic

#8F801A #C3AF24 #DDCA47 #E7D97B #F0E8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DDCA47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#DDCA47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA47

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA47	1.00	1.66	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.148 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd981',
    500: '#ddca47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca47;
$custom-light: #ebd981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.4,
    "s": 68.807,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83157,
    "c": 0.14811,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA47

secondary

#344094

accent

#52EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA47

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

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