#DDCA48#DDCA48

#DDCA48 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.147 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA48
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 72)
HSL	hsl(52, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 67.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.79, -7.95, 64.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.79, 65.00, 97.02°)
OKLab	oklab(83.17% -0.0278 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(83.17% 0.147 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.1113, 58.0834, 14.5959)
Luminance	0.5808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA48 #485BDD

analogous

#DD7F48 #DDCA48 #A6DD48

triadic

#DDCA48 #48DDCA #CA48DD

tetradic

#DDCA48 #48DD7F #485BDD #DD48A6

square

#DDCA48 #48DD7F #485BDD #DD48A6

split-complementary

#DDCA48 #48A6DD #7F48DD

monochromatic

#90811B #C3AF24 #DDCA48 #E7D97C #F0E8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DDCA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#DDCA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA48

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA48	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.147 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd982',
    500: '#ddca48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca48;
$custom-light: #ebd982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.349,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83165,
    "c": 0.14741,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA48

secondary

#344195

accent

#53EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA48

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

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