#DDCC45#DDCC45

#DDCC45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.151 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC45
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 69)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 68.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.29, -9.12, 66.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.29, 66.82, 97.85°)
OKLab	oklab(83.56% -0.0315 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(83.56% 0.151 102)
XYZ	xyz(52.4881, 58.9898, 14.2505)
Luminance	0.5899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC45 #4556DD

analogous

#DD8045 #DDCC45 #A2DD45

triadic

#DDCC45 #45DDCC #CC45DD

tetradic

#DDCC45 #45DD80 #4556DD #DD45A2

square

#DDCC45 #45DD80 #4556DD #DD45A2

split-complementary

#DDCC45 #45A2DD #8045DD

monochromatic

#8E811A #C1B023 #DDCC45 #E6DA79 #F0E8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DDCC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#DDCC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC45

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC45	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.151 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdb80',
    500: '#ddcc45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc45;
$custom-light: #ebdb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.289,
    "s": 69.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83556,
    "c": 0.15113,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.58988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC45

secondary

#333E93

accent

#50EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC45

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

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