#DDCC47#DDCC47

#DDCC47 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.150 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC47
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 71)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 67.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.30, -9.02, 65.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.30, 66.05, 97.85°)
OKLab	oklab(83.57% -0.031 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(83.57% 0.15 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.5512, 59.0150, 14.5830)
Luminance	0.5901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC47 #4758DD

analogous

#DD8147 #DDCC47 #A3DD47

triadic

#DDCC47 #47DDCC #CC47DD

tetradic

#DDCC47 #47DD81 #4758DD #DD47A3

square

#DDCC47 #47DD81 #4758DD #DD47A3

split-complementary

#DDCC47 #47A3DD #8147DD

monochromatic

#8F821A #C3B124 #DDCC47 #E7DA7B #F0E9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DDCC47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#DDCC47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC47

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC47	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)

#DEC634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.150 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdb81',
    500: '#ddcc47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc47;
$custom-light: #ebdb81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.2,
    "s": 68.807,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83571,
    "c": 0.14978,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC47

secondary

#343F94

accent

#50EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC47

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

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